THE MONKS' SONG

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Today we could learn about activities monks should make in a monastery with a funny song from Horrible Histories, a program on BBC. You can visit the page to watch more "Horrible Histories".




And with these lyrics, you can sing like a Monk.

Maybe you can also answer these questions:

a) What is a "vow of silence"?
b) What order can you currently find in the Monastery of Silos (Burgos)?
c) What is the Gregorian Chant?
d) Do you know a place in Spain where this kind of chant is still sung?
e) What does monks illuminate?

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  1. Anonymous26 November 2013 at 07:37

    Soy Enrique de 2º A

    a) A vow of silence is a vow that consist on monks don`t talk in a determinante time for fill in their souls with the spirituality that God sends.

    c)Chant used in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. It's simple, monodic and with a music subject to the text.

    d) Internet says that in the Monastery of Silos the monks sing Gregorian Chants.

    The questions B and E, I cannot answer them because in Internet there is not any information.

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  2. Joaquina Guillén26 November 2013 at 10:16

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  3. Joaquina Guillén26 November 2013 at 10:21

    You can find the answers for questions B, in this page: http://www.abadiadesilos.es/bienven.htm, It is a Benedictine monastery.
    About the question E, it is simplier, this is an illuminated manuscript:

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Meister_des_Mar%C3%A9chal_de_Boucicaut_001.jpg

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