Ego sum Resurrectio: Gregorian Chant for the Dead

The chants of the liturgia dufunctorum (Liturgy of the dead) originate from two celebrations: The Order of Burial and All Souls' Day on 2nd November. Nothing is known about these chants before the eight and ninth centuries, because the manuscripts of that period only recorded the verbal texts of the readings and prayers. Yet, starting from the 10th century, music manuscripts reveal the existence of a repertoire that consists of more than a hundred chants.