Doesn't get much earlier for Early Music than Gregorian chant. According to classical FM station, WFMT in Chicago:
"Mozart once said, “The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” Truer words could not be said about the Monks of Norcia. This group of Benedictine brothers is under a vow of silence but just released an album that debuted at #1 on the Billboard classical charts. The monks at the Monastery of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy have a median age of 36 and hail from all corners of the globe from Indonesia to Irving, Texas. Their new CD, Benedicta: Marian Chant from Norcia, captures the heavenly sounds of their daily devotions. I spoke with Father Cassian Folsom, one of the brothers, about what he calls their “beautiful life” in Umbria."
"Mozart once said, “The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” Truer words could not be said about the Monks of Norcia. This group of Benedictine brothers is under a vow of silence but just released an album that debuted at #1 on the Billboard classical charts. The monks at the Monastery of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy have a median age of 36 and hail from all corners of the globe from Indonesia to Irving, Texas. Their new CD, Benedicta: Marian Chant from Norcia, captures the heavenly sounds of their daily devotions. I spoke with Father Cassian Folsom, one of the brothers, about what he calls their “beautiful life” in Umbria."
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