Gradual of Eleanor of Brittany: Alleluia Per te Dei genitrix Through You O Mother of God

Please support for our channel : (you can donate as little as 1 ): Special thanks to our patrons on Patreon and SubscribeStar who have made this video possible. About the chant: This is an intriguing record, illustrating some aspects of the musical life of a community of Benedictine nuns in the great French double monastery of Fontevrault, an early medieval royal foundation. In 1304, Eleanor of Brittany became its sixteenth Abbess, having been trained as a nun in the English daughter house of Amesbury. The Gradual that bears her arms contains, in addition to the normal chant repertoire, a special repertoire of its own. It is this collection of miscellaneous pieces that throws special light on the musical life of these nuns. Some items were undoubtedly intended to embellish parts of the liturgy itself on high feast days; others are more likely to have been used as pious entertainment during moments of recreation.