The Recovering Choir Director

Great Sacred Music in Milan. Six Centuries of the Cathedral Choir

The Cappella Musicale del Duomo is alive and well after 600 continuous years. And “alive” means that it continues to pass on instruction in Ambrosian chant, as is known the Milan Archdiocese’s counterpart to “cantilena romana,” the precise term for Gregorian chant.

With this instruction and the practice of polyphonic music, the Cappella Musicale del Duomo daily performs its liturgical service, which is a particularly delicate task in that it accompanies functions celebrated by the archbishop.

(Via Seattle Catholic.)