Most Appealing Hymns

[cmotherofpirl]

Hodie Christus Natus Est

[cmotherofpirl]

Hodie Christus Natus Est

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' post='1428627' date='Dec 3 2007, 12:25 PM']Typical tha tyou put them in order of "gregorian" and "Non-gregorian" melodies. I'm watching you... Gregorian chant is the highest form of worship music, but everything else is "not gregorian". Polyphony is the next closest in style... anywho I'll stop ranting at you for your transparent elitism...
Good songs.
At least they're all good...
Okay my list

De Pacem (plainchant)
Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
Ave Maria (Victoria)
Sicut Cervus (Palestrina)
Holy God we Praise Thy Name
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Adoramus Te Christe (Th. Dubois)
O Bone Jesu

And more...[/quote]

I love polyphony, too, and find it to be amazing, but I'm not acquainted with very much of it. About the only songs I know are Palestrina's Ave Maria and Byrd's Ave Verum (both of which I would have put on my favorites list if I would have remembered them)

The reason I put them into Gregorian and non-Gregorian categories is because there are a lot of later compositions of the same songs to different melodies. Take Ave Maria for instance. There's the Gregorian Ave Maria, The Palestrina Ave Maria, the Schubert Ave Maria, the Bach Ave Maria, and probably others. If I wouldn't have said the Gregorian Ave Maria most people would have probably thought of the Schubert Ave Maria which is the one most frequently heard nowadays.

[cmotherofpirl]

[url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=sYIIhis6jfI"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sYIIhis6jfI[/url]

[cmotherofpirl]

[url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=DO6ex2Vj3yw"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=DO6ex2Vj3yw[/url]

this one sounds like angels

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1428804' date='Dec 3 2007, 07:56 PM'][url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=sYIIhis6jfI"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sYIIhis6jfI[/url][/quote]

[url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PgvJg7D6Qck&feature=related"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=PgvJg7D6Qck&feature=related[/url]

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='StThomasMore' post='1428787' date='Dec 3 2007, 06:24 PM']I love polyphony, too, and find it to be amazing, but I'm not acquainted with very much of it. About the only songs I know are Palestrina's Ave Maria and Byrd's Ave Verum (both of which I would have put on my favorites list if I would have remembered them)

The reason I put them into Gregorian and non-Gregorian categories is because there are a lot of later compositions of the same songs to different melodies. Take Ave Maria for instance. There's the Gregorian Ave Maria, The Palestrina Ave Maria, the Schubert Ave Maria, the Bach Ave Maria, and probably others. If I wouldn't have said the Gregorian Ave Maria most people would have probably thought of the Schubert Ave Maria which is the one most frequently heard nowadays.[/quote]
Okay. I see what you mean. Lawl. Sorry... but I'm watching you (Pm needs that two fingers pointing at eyes, then one finger pointing at person emoticon. anyone get where i'm at? )
Oh, I also enjoy Salve Regina (plainsong)