But what many projects have in common is the music they use Gregorian chant and Mozart.

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And at the same time we can hear really the monks in the monastery - elements of Gregorian chant.

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The Chalice workers in Missoula use Gregorian chant partly because it is unmetered and so can be carefully matched to the dying patient's breathing.

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He traveled, though less extensively than John Paul, and presided over Masses that were heavy on Latin, Gregorian chant and the silk brocaded vestments of his pre-Vatican II predecessors.

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This is followed at 4:30 p.m. with a procession into the Sistine Chapel, with the cardinals intoning the Litany of Saints, the hypnotic Gregorian chant imploring the saints to help guide their voting.

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Gregorian chant echoed through St.

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Francis also raised traditional eyebrows when he refused the golden pectoral cross offered to him right after his election by Monsignor Guido Marini, the Vatican's liturgy guru who under Benedict became the symbol of Benedict's effort to restore the Gregorian chant and heavy silk brocaded vestments of the pre-Vatican II liturgy to papal Masses.

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The versions of the chant performed on the island vary little from their Gregorian roots: each is sung a cappella with music between the verses provided by an organ.

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