We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely ...

The Pope has called for a revival of the sacred music of the church's past. After folk and rock 'n' roll Masses, what will the faithful make of polyphony, asks Aengus Collins Earlier this summer a ...

Madam, - Adrian P. Gebruers laments (April 13th) that "Gregorian chant and the sacred polyphony of the great masters is now heard… Madam, - Adrian P. Gebruers laments (April 13th) that "Gregorian ...

The St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto, Calif., was new when William Mahrt joined in 1963. At the time he was a graduate student at nearby Stanford University. Today Mahrt is a Stanford music professor, ...

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis here, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or stand; some face ...

BETHLEHEM, Conn. — On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or ...

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Va. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely scriptural.

Had Notre Dame Cathedral actually burned to the ground in yesterday's devastating fire, we would have lost one of the architectural wonders of the Western world – and so much more. We would have lost ...

Performances at Trinity Cathedral and the Musical Instrument Museum will feature sacred works for Holy Week and a spring-themed program marking the ensemble’s MIM debut. The Phoenix Chorale will ...

Rachael Kohn: What you're hearing is Gregorian Chant. But it seems Pope Gregory the 1st, known as The Great, had little if anything to do with it. Hello, this is The Ark, and I'm Rachael Kohn. The ...