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GREGORIAN CHANT IN BRAZIL
In Brazil the Gregorian chant
is almost restricted to monks, especially those of the benedictine monasteries:
Mosteiro da Ressureição, of Ponta Grossa
(Paraná).
Mosteiro of São
Bento, of São Paulo (São Paulo).
Mosteiro de São Bento,
of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro).
Monasteries of Olinda and Garanhuns (Pernambuco), Salvador (Bahia) and Brasília
(Distrito Federal).
Out of the monasteries few
choral have the intention of rescuing and promoting the Gregorian chant. The
known groups are:
Coral Gregoriano de Santos - The choral is
sponsored by Pontifical Catholic University of Santos (São Paulo) and it is
formed, in your great majority, by ex-seminarists of the Seminar Good Jesus of
Pirapora, São Paulo. Besides the gregorian music, the choral sings, also,
sacred polyphonic music.
Os Arautos do Evangelho - São Paulo (São Paulo).
Canarinhos de Petrópolis, choral formed only with boys and founded more than 52 years ago.
Pious Gregorian Choral X, of São Paulo
(São Paulo), conducted by the sister Marie Rose.
Schola Cantorum ABC, of São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo).
Schola Cantorum, of Belém,
(Pará)
There are few Gregorian CDs
released in Brazil. The Benedictine monks of Salvador, São Paulo, Olinda, Rio de Janeiro and Ponta Grossa, the Choral "Canarinhos de Petrópolis" and
Os Arautos do Evangelho have already recorded CDs.
The label Velas released,
some years ago, a beautiful CD called "Iluminuras" containing
brazilian songs in the gregorian spirit (Luar do Sertão, Tristeza do Jeca,
Prenda Minha, Cio da Terra and others).
In case you have information
about other gregorian chorals in Brazil, please, contact the webmaster through
e-mail: enfrades@yahoo.com.br or ICQ
nº. 23938798.
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