Cantus Magnus is a small professional vocal ensemble providing sacred polyphony and chant for celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass, also known as the Extraordinary Form and the 'Tridentine' or Gregorian Mass.
In this way, they fulfill their objective to perform beautiful music sung for the purpose for which it was composed (the worship of God) and in the setting for which it was composed (High Mass).
The group regularly provides music for special events and pilgrimages organised by the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales.
During 2011, they were appointed to sing at the monthly Masses arranged by the International Juventutem Federation (London), an international Catholic organisation for young people (18–35) with an interest in, and love of, traditional liturgy.
Cantus Magnus takes its name from the Terminorum musicae diffinitorium of the Flemish composer and theoristJohannes Tinctoris (c. 1435–1511), who recognised musical settings of the Mass for the first time as a musical genre in its own right – a cantus magnus, a great song – in contradiction to the cantus mediocris (the motet) or the cantus parvus (the chanson).
In this way, they fulfill their objective to perform beautiful music sung for the purpose for which it was composed (the worship of God) and in the setting for which it was composed (High Mass).
The group regularly provides music for special events and pilgrimages organised by the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales.
During 2011, they were appointed to sing at the monthly Masses arranged by the International Juventutem Federation (London), an international Catholic organisation for young people (18–35) with an interest in, and love of, traditional liturgy.
Cantus Magnus takes its name from the Terminorum musicae diffinitorium of the Flemish composer and theoristJohannes Tinctoris (c. 1435–1511), who recognised musical settings of the Mass for the first time as a musical genre in its own right – a cantus magnus, a great song – in contradiction to the cantus mediocris (the motet) or the cantus parvus (the chanson).