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Sœur Marie Keyrouz

12+ albums
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Sister Marie Keyrouz (also spelled "Kairouz") is a chanter of Oriental Church music, a member of the Congrégation des Soeurs Basiliennes Chouérites and founder-president of the National Institute of Sacred Music in Paris. Biography She was born in Deir el Ahmar in Lebanon, close to the ancient Roman city of Baalbeck. Raised in the Maronite Church, but being a Melkite through her religious congregation, she took her vows in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. From an early age, she undertook several disciplines of study simultaneously, earning a joint doctorate in musicology and anthropology from the Sorbonne in 1991. She has collected a variety of so-called "Oriental" Christian chants, mostly preserved in Greek and Arabic manuscripts and through oral tradition. Her debut album Chant byzantin took Europe by surprise upon its arrival in 1989, not only with the apparently ancient repertoire it represents, but also due to her own virtuosity, having a great ability to sing the intervals in rapid flourishes, notes that are difficult for most singers to reproduce. On the production of the various Maronite chants, Melkite chants, Milanese chants and even mainstream Gregorian chants, she is accompanied by L'Ensemble de la Paix, a small band of Arabic instrumentalists which she leads. Marie Keyrouz is founder of L'Instituit International de Chant Sacré (International Institute of Holy Songs) in Paris, which promotes research into ancient sacred song. She has also written several bo

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magnificat

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Tishbouhto L Morio - Gloire À Toi Seigneur - Glory To The Lord

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Mina-l-'Amaq (Psalm 129: Out of the depths I have cried to you, O Lord)

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Ya Sayyida Hayati (Ô Seigneur de ma vie) - O Lord of My Life

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Halleluia - Qamal L Hayyu - Le Vivant Est Réssuscité - The Alive Is Revived

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Rabbah

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Ave Maria

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L'Apostikhon de l'Office de Mercredi Saint (Prière de Marie-Madeleine)

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Abû Dqûshto - O Père Saint, O Holy Father

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Emar Qayso - Sur La Croix - On The Cross

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La Passion Dans Les Eglises Orientales - The Passion In The Eastern Churches

La Passion Dans Les Eglises Orientales - The Passion In The Eastern Churches

Psalms for the Third Millenium

Psalms for the Third Millenium

Hymnes à l'Espérance (Hymns to Hope)

Hymnes à l'Espérance (Hymns to Hope)

Hymns from Lebanon

Hymns from Lebanon

Chants Sacres D'Orient Et D'Occident

Chants Sacres D'Orient Et D'Occident

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Sacred Songs from East and West

Psaumes pour le 3ème Millénaire

Psaumes pour le 3ème Millénaire

Chant byzantin

Chant byzantin

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Harmonia Mundi: 50 Years of Musical Exploration (Disc 5)

Sœur Marie Keyrouz: Chant Byzantin

Sœur Marie Keyrouz: Chant Byzantin

Chant Byzantin - Passion et Résurrection

Chant Byzantin - Passion et Résurrection

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Ancient Voices

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