A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller at ...

It isn't every day that a group of Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, ...

The European Commission granted more than 3 million euros to a project developing AI tools to save centuries of Gregorian chant. The French Abbey of Sainte Madeleine du Barroux has opened its doors to ...

Gregorian chant, one of the oldest forms of Western music, is finding fresh life through creative harmonization and modern accompaniment. From traditional polyphony to piano and guitar-supported ...

In Gregorian chant, the verbal text plays an integral part in influencing and shaping the melodic contours. Within these melodic phrases, the main function of additional signs and letters added to the ...

When “Agatha All Along” showrunner Jac Schaeffer needed a song that would operate as the show’s plot device, she called on “Frozen” and “Coco” songwriters Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. That ...

BETHLEHEM, Conn. — On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When “Agatha All Along” showrunner Jac Schaeffer needed a song that would operate as the show’s plot device, she called on “Frozen ...