Chant For Dad
My Dad was wearing thin with the drum-beats of contemporary Christian music (aren't we all). I promised an audio post to bring him back close to the heart of Christian music. Sorry, no Gospel quartets but this is the next best thing. Byzantine Chant is a continuation of the tradition of chant found within the Jewish Synagoges which were centered primarily on the chanting of Psalms. St. John of Damascus refined the forms of his day and wrote many hymns, and can be considered a father of Byzantine Chant as Gregory the Great is considered the father of Western (Gregorian) Chant.
The following audio link is from the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts from St. Anthony's Orthodox Monastery, and the chant is taken from the opening lines of Psalm 140:
"Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands, as an evening sacrifice."
http://www.stanthonysmonastery.org/music/IndexM.html
Click on the .mp3 link a few paragraphs down that states "click to hear a sample of this music chanted ..."
It may take a few minutes to download with dial-up.
posted by Peter @ 9:41 PM
2 Comments:
how big is the file?
you could send it to me, and i could host it temporarily on my UB space..
or you could use yousendit.com (works for a week or 25 downloads, not bad).
your link didn't work
very busy,
-john.
Well, now that you've changed things my comment doesn't make any sense.
Anyhow...
Chanting the psalms is always wonderful. I am usually dumbfounded because most Lutheran or Anglican Books of Worship have instructions for chanting the Psalms, yet I've never been to a Church in either of these two settings where it is practiced.
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