Biography
Schola Gregoriana from the Higher Pallottine Seminary in Ołtarzew (Altarev, West Warsaw county), Poland, conducted by father Dariusz Smolarek. 2007 was the year of jubilee celebrations for the seminary: the 100th anniversary of the presence of the Pallottine Fathers in Poland and the 80th anniversary of the Pallottine Major Seminary in Ołtarzew. In the same year, clerics led by Fr. Dariusz Smolarek recorded a CD with the Gregorian Vespers of St. Vincent Pallotti and Pallottine songs.
A Choralschola, known simply as schola, is a choir for singing Gregorian chant or plainsong. It consists traditionally of only men, but more recent groups sometimes also include female voices. A schola often performs in uniform. The group may perform in the liturgy of church services, but some specialized ensembles also perform concerts and recordings, such as the Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle and the Schola Gregoriana Pragensis.
Chant singing is usually responsorial, responses being sung by cantor. the congregation or by groups within the schola. Parts of the liturgy sung by the schola include the ordinary, and the changing parts Introit, Psalms, Sequence, Tract, calls to the gospel and the offertory, and Gradual.
Traditionally the schola performs without accompaniment. After the Second Vatican Council, the frequency of Latin liturgy was reduced and is less known. Therefore organ accompaniment has been used to support the singing.
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