Episode 88 - Culling, Cattle Rotation, and Gregorian Chant, Part 2
Release Date: 10/25/2023
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info_outlineIn this episode, we chat about Gregorian chant; what it is, how it's different from modern music, and how it impacts our lives.
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Timestamps/Topics for Episode 88:
0:00 What is Gregorian chant?
12:00 How Gregorian chant is different from modern music
15:06 You will understand even though it's in Latin
22:48 A different way of singing
32:21 Beauty orders the appetites
39:48 Chant appeals to the intellect
44:00 Definition of Beauty
51:34 How chant impacts our lives
1:05:17 Chant in our home
1:11:10 Sound of Music's influence
Links for Episode 88:
- Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life by Peter Kwasniewski https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123001541-good-music-sacred-music-and-silence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hVhG76GNXj&rank=1
- Dies Irae - Gregorian Chant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OBB5-bP6qs&t=2s
- The Monks of Norcia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qVBhp_wJM
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary - Requiem album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUVO_gHh6M
- Monastic Choir Of Our Lady Of Clear Creek Abbey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IseSwHhmLE&list=OLAK5uy_nA_69LfiHPMUAJOt6lOkb-VbTlmnvp_dg
- Nicholas Lemme - St. John Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gV9LHxkr78
- FSSP Requiem Mass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3RgzZwlpFA&t=667s
- Lecture with the definition of Beauty by Fr. Chad Ripperger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSsFn-JaXY&t=996s
- Timothy Flanders - The Meaning of Catholic https://www.youtube.com/@TheMeaningofCatholic/featured AND The Logos of Music article https://meaningofcatholic.com/2021/10/01/the-logos-of-music/
- The Angelous we chant at home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfc3RN-BAw
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary - Learn chant http://www.fsspolgs.org/learn-chant/solfege-introduction/
- Sound of Music - Do Re Mi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM
- Gregorian Chant Academy - https://www.gregorianchantacademy.com/