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).
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.
Coral Pio X, of São Paulo (São Paulo),
founded 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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