Cantatorium Explained

A cantatorium is a collection of chants for the Mass and solo pieces for the Liturgy of the Word with simple congregational responses of graduals, alleluias, tracts or cantica.^{[1] [2]}

Examples include the Saint-Gall Cantatorium.

Bibliography

• Cantatorium et antiphonale missarum, Ecclesia Orans, 1984. cited in : A history of liturgical books from the beginning to the thirteenth century, 1998, Éric Palazzo
• Les Livres de chant liturgique, Michel Huglo, 1998.
• The cantatorium: from Charlemagne to the Fourteenth century, Michel Huglo, 2001.

Notes and References

1. https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/services/manuscripts/chants_mass.html Columbia University website, Chants for the Mass
2. https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/browse;jsessionid=71ABA74683F5024956B6BD982B62D372?pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&t=music_Topics%3A53&t0=music_Topics%3A65 Oxford Music Online website, Cantatorium, by Ruth Steiner and David Hiley, published January 20, 2001