Selection from Rev. Father Andre
Mhanna's Voices from the Mountain-Sacred Music:
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My Soul Magnifies the Lord
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Maronite Sacred Music
By Rev. Louis Hage, Ph. D.
Former Dean of the Music Department at the Holy Spirit University, Kaslik (USEK). He was recently elected Assistant General to the Superior General of the Lebanese Maronite Order of monks.
The repertoire of chants, used in the Syro-Maronite Church, is very diversified. Close observation reveals five groups which are distinct in origin, nature, and traditional significance. Here is a synthetic [synthesized; analytic] view of the distribution of the five groups in various books of the Maronite Rite.
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