The lowest tone sounds like throat singing

A truly religious experience! Thanks, fam.

I would love to sample those beautiful chants for my Templar EP! Listen to my Rough Techno version of the Chant of the Templars here : https://soundcloud.com/splntrmusic/chant-of-the-templars

Also, why is this under the hashtag "vampire"? The Order of The Knights Templar has little, if anything at all to do with vampires.

This gregorian chant, "Media vita in morte sumus" was supposedly a favorite of St Thomas Aquinas. It's composition is sometimes attributed to Notker the Stammerer, a 9-10th century Benedictine monk of the abbey of St Gall in Switzerland, but this is sometimes disputed. The drones in this recording can perhaps be thought of as the groans of the poor souls of the Old Testament Fathers imprisoned in Abraham's Bosom waiting to be released by Christ's Harrowing of Hell, and of the Poor Souls in Purgatory, currently suffering until their debt is paid. Apparently, this song was also used by Catholic knights as a battle song until the Synod of Cologne, in 1316, declared that it should not be sung without the local bishop's authority on account of various superstitions arising.

Media Vita In Morte Summus

Performance of the Gregorian Salve Regina coupled with Josquin DesPres's cantus firmus motet in my own performance edition. 

The motet is a marvel of musical craftsmanship: not only does it utilize the Gregorian chant in its entirety in the Alto voice, but its structure is a strict double canon throughout: Soprano/Alto sing one strict canon; Tenor/Bass sing a different strict canon. Performed by Voces Novae et Antiquae under my direction May 16, 2004, in Philadelphia, PA.

The performing edition is also available from me directly: <info@robertamross.com>

Background from Wikipedia:

The *Salve Regina,* also known as the "Hail Holy Queen," is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The *Salve Regina* is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. "Hail Holy Queen" is also the final prayer of the Rosary.

The work was composed during the Middle Ages by German monk Hermann of Reichenau and originally appeared in Latin, the prevalent language of Western Christianity until modern times.

(Premier pars:)
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;

(Secunda pars:)
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.


Wikipedia link

Salve Regina (Gregorian chant & Motet by Josquin DesPres; ed. Robert A.M. Ross [1984; rev. 2004])

Inviolata Integra Et Casta Es Maria (Gregorian Chant By Chant Group Psallentes)

This track is from the album Chant: World's Top Gregorian Chants for Meditation, Relaxation, Healing, And Quiet Time and is available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2UdVnnvhUuSsQU1hcqpaKl

Gregorian Chants of the Monks

Crucem Sanctam Subiit

Alcuni tra i più celebri canti gregoriani accompagnati dall'orchestra sinfonica. Un repertorio intramontabile in una versione ricca di fascino, sonorità e suggestioni.

Jesu dulcis memoria, di B. di Chiaravalle

Medieval Chant Of The Templars. Antiphona  Salve Regina

From the CD Mass of Saint Philip Neri by Paul Jernberg
Recorded by Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle, J. Michael Thompson, director, June 2014. www.pauljernberg.com

Medieval Chant Of The Templars. Antiphona Salve Regina

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