CHANT – MUSIC FOR PARADISE
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Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Stift Heiligenkreuz, Closter Heiligen Creyz or Santa Crux) is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, eight miles north-west of Baden in Lower Austria. It has existed without interruption since its foundation in 1133 and is thus the second oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world. The monastery was founded in 1133 by Margrave Leopold III of Austria, also known as Saint Leopold, at the request of his son Otto, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Morimond in Burgundy and afterwards Bishop of Freising. Its first twelve monks together with their abbot, Gottschalk, came from Morimond at the request of Leopold III. The date of consecration was 11 September 1133. They started by clearing the wood and tilling the land. They introduced the Christian faith into the region. They called their abbey Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) as a sign of their devotion to redemption by the Cross. On 31 May 1188 Leopold V of Austria presented the abbey with a relic of the True Cross, which is still to be seen and since 1983 is exhibited in the chapel of the Holy Cross. This relic was a present from Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem to duke Leopold V in 1182. Read More: > HERE <
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. It is named after Pope Gregory I, Bishop of Rome from 590 to 604, who is traditionally credited for having ordered the simplification and cataloging of music assigned to specific celebrations in the church calendar. The resulting body of music is the first to be notated in a system ancestral to modern musical notation. In general, the chants were learned by the viva voce method, that is, by following the given example orally, which took many years of experience in the Schola Cantorum. Read More: > HERE <
CHANT – MUSIC FOR PARADISE – You can find a lot of information about us and the making of the album „Chant – Music for Paradise“ —> here. There is even more information about the album –> here (but this is in German).
If you are looking for pictures of our prayer and work on the album, just click —> here.
You will find even more pictures of our beautiful abbey and also of our monastic life in the service of God —> here. Just open each picture and click on the symbol in the right edge above to download. The download is free.
The sensational YouTube video by Brother Martin.You just have to see it! God bless you.
If you are a journalist and wish to interview some monk from Stift Heiligenkreuz about the album please do not call the monastery direct, but:
For international media (outside Austria): Ed SCOTT (Director Of International Promotions – UM Group International) Tel +44 207 471-5646, Fax +44 207 471-5683 mobile +44 7785 950 792, E-Mail: Ed.Scott(at)umusic.com
For Austrian media: Anna TSCHIRKO (Promotion Manager – Universal Music Austria), A-1010 Wien, Schwarzenbergplatz 2, Tel +43 1 81121-211, Fax: +43-1-81121-232;, Mobile: 0664-8294558 , E-Mail: anna.tschirko(at)umusic.com
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