Chant from western Georgia often incorporates dense chords and a busy bass line; ... Georgia’s polyphonic folk tradition fared better than sacred music during that period, ...

“Polyphony, as chant before it, ‘sounds like church’ to the general listener, and many people gravitate toward the rich texture of a polyphony, who may not as readily find solace in the ...

Janalynn Castelino has marked her first release of 2024 with the polyphonic Latin Chant "Jesu Salvator Mundi". Epic in every sense of the word, Janalynn has rendered the chant in 3 voices with the ...

I have purchased and listen often to many recordings of liturgical music: Gregorian chant, English Recusant polyphony, the great Counter-Reformation polyphonic works of Victoria, Palestrina ...

On December 5th, Demestvo presents "Lost Polyphonies": a program showcasing the earliest traditions of vocal polyphony from Europe, performed alongside contemporary compositions that engage with these ...

In the 16th century, based on medieval monody, two types of polyphonic music began to develop: Troestrochie and Demestvo. But almost all manuscripts of these polyphonic styles were composed in the mid ...

La Mòssa are a five-piece band of female vocalists who excel at polyphonic chant. They've just released their debut album A Mòssa and talk to us about reinterpreting folksongs they love in a ...

He called for a return to chant and polyphony, and singled out the 19th century's "theatrical" styles of composition as being unfit for use in church.

From The Sunday New York Times On a swelteringly hot morning in this elegant capital city recently, worshippers crammed in the ornately frescoed sixth-century Anchi… ...