Graduale: Viderunt omnes, medieval chant of the Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany (Lyric Video)

You like our content and you want to help us keep posting (you can donate as little as 1$ ): ---- Special thanks to our patrons on Patreon and SubscribeStar who made this video possible ---- Twitter: Facebook: ---- About the chant: “Viderunt Omnes“ is a traditional Gregorian chant of the 11th century. The work is based on an ancient gradual of the same title. The chant was subsequently expanded upon by composers of the Notre Dame school who developed it as type of early polyphony known as organum. Thought to be written for Christmas, the polyphonic settings would have retained the same liturgical purpose as the original gradual, while being musically enhanced for the festivities. The cantus firmus, or tenor, “holds“ the original chant, while the other parts develop complex melismas on the vowels. The various settings