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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >"Sooo . . . who DOES have a good recording of chant?" Weelll..... back in the '50s (i.e., at the beginning of the last half of the last century of the last millennium) there were some chant recordings issued (on the "Everest" label?) which must have been among the first of the genre. recorded live in a Belgium (i think it was) monastery, guys doing Latin with a rather heavy French/Waloon (who knows) accent, not at all polished --rather the reverse-- just a bunch of guys comming in from the fields, wiping the mud off their sandals (must have been a pretty clear recording) and doing what was then called, in the secular world of those daze, a "sing along." there were very nice touches, like the end (or was it the beginning?) of an office, with the (very simple) bell tolling in the background as the singers passed by the microphone as they were leaving (or entering?) the church. i had a single vinyl recording for several years before i came across the boxed set, which had 4-5 disks in it, the side of one of which had a quite *spectacular* nuns' choir, doing the (so called) "Ceremony of the Taking of the Veil." about the loveliest vocal music i've ever heard. 15 years ago or so i was overjoyed to find what i thought was the complete set on CD (a newish technology of that era) --three-four disks at a budget price (under $10). i was chagrinned all out when i discovered that some bastard editor had *deleted* the nuns' stuff and --worser-- replaced it with some professional men's choir from somewhere. if anyone happens to know whether or not that nuns' recording has ever been digitalized, i'd appreciate hearing of it. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html