This CD, largely devoted to traditional Maronite chant, also presents chants from the Syrian Catholic and Syrian Orthodox traditions. Most of the pieces recorded here date back to the early centuries of Christianity, and have an obvious kinship with other ancient chants of the Near East and Middle East.
It features musicologist and singer Sister Marie Keyrouz backed by l'Ensemble de la Paix, a small band of Arabic instrumentalists which play under her leadership. Chant Traditionnel Maronite sounds more closely linked to typically non-Christian Arabic traditional music than does her earlier effort, Chant Byzantin, although some might welcome the difference.
Maronite chant is a tradition of singing associated with the Maronite church, founded in Syria in the fifth century by Saint Maroun and permitted to retain its own separate liturgy from that of the Roman church. The Maronite church is the primary sect of Christianity observed in Sister Marie Keyrouz's home country of Lebanon, although it is equally as widespread in northern Syria.
The selection of chants presented here is from Maronite services for Christmas, Passiontide, and the Resurrection, with most of these pieces said to have originated in the very early years of Christianity.
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