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Ensemble – Music from the year 1400 comes to life again in Engelberg Monastery

Music from the year 1400 comes to life again in Engelberg Monastery

The monks of Engelberg Monastery wrote music history around 1400. After a concert in the Corona summer, the renowned Gilles Binchois ensemble is now making “Codex 314” sound on DVD.

The vocal ensemble Gilles Binchois sang chants from the «Codex 314» in August 2020 in the monastery church Engelberg.

Beat Christen/PD

Not every treasure slumbering in monastery libraries has what it takes to become the Da Vinci Code. But they are all shrouded in mystery, the writings that were recorded centuries ago by monks on paper or parchment and partly decorated with colorful illuminations.

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