Keur Moussa-Sacred Chant & African Rhythms from Senegal Monks of Senegal


Keur Moussa-Sacred Chant & African Rhythms from Senegal Monks of Senegal
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In 1963, nine monks from the French monastery of Saint-Pierre of Solesmes, a centuries-old stronghold of the ancient Gregorian plainchant tradition, journeyed to remote Senegal to establish a Benedictine abbey. Keur Moussa Abbey, as it is known to the local villagers, means "House of Moses." From the day of their arrival, the monks of Keur Moussa have investigated their convergent musical worlds, and created a remarkable new lineage in the thousand-year-old choral music tradition. On Keur Moussa, they weave the rhythms and instrumental textures of Africa with traditional Western plainchant (sung in French and Wolof, the language of the region).
You will hear rare choral works as they are performed in the daily masses at the abbey, accompanied on koras (African lutes handmade by the brothers), tabala (a large Mauritanian camel-skin drum), balafon (a Malinke instrument similar to the xylophone), tom-tom, and flute. In this collection, their first North American release, the brothers of Keur Moussa invite you to join them as they raise their voices in unique praise of the divine.

This App contains these Music Tracks:

1. Suma Hol Nam "I Was Glad"2:11
2. Mon Ame Exalte Le Seigneur "My Soul Exalts The Lord" 4:29
3. Kambere Saramang "Kora Instrumental" 4:02
4. Nous Te Louons, Pere Invisible "We Praise You, Invisible Father" 1:47
5. Ethiopie "Ethiopia" 2:29
6. Wis Ma Ndoh "Asperges Me" 1:04
7. Chant A La Vierge "Chant To The Blessed Virgin" 5:44
8. Ndav Su Gnul "I Am Black And Comely" 1:41
9. Dedicace "Dedication" 2:34
10. Gis Na Deh "Vidi Aquam" 1:30
11. Psalms 148-149 3:43
12. Yesu Dekalikuna "Jesus Is Risen" 1:00
13. Lumiere Radieuse "Radiant Light" 1:38
14. Ndey Dyu Sela Dyi "Canticle Of The Virgin Mary" 1:53
15. Gem Na "The Nicene Creed" 2:59
16. Tatyu Len "Clap Your Hands" 1:43
17. Tya Mom Ndam Gu Rey "Canticle Of Creation" 3:39

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