Cantus Database

06/05/2026

Server maintenance is coming soon:

Notice to all Cantus Database users: We are moving to a new server! The good news is that this will help eliminate time-out errors that some of you have experienced. Unfortunately, though, we have to take the Cantus Database offline for a few hours to do the work. We will post again when we know our...

02/15/2026

https://cantusdatabase.org/article/712613

10/06/2025

It’s that time of year again! We are collecting references for our annual Digital Research Alliance report.

Have you used DIAMM, the Cantus Database, the Differentiae Database, Nineteenth-century Bibliography concerning Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) ( https://hildegard-1877bibliography.ca/ ) or Cantus Index for research, publications, presentations, performances, or teaching this year? Please help us fill up our annual report for the Digital Research Alliance with lists of all the many ways that these online resources have aided your activities this past year.

If you reported any items last year as forthcoming and they have now appeared, please report them again. Please send citations or descriptions by Friday, October 17th to Debra at [email protected]. Or, fill out our Google Form: https://forms.gle/suSYGZ3D3qAsFqZ99 . Thank you so much!

Help us complete robust grant reports and keep our website up to date (https://dact-chant.ca/) with your presentations, publications, and other DACT activities! We would like to know about the results of your research as well as make note of your "knowledge mobilization" activities as they occur. Th...

03/14/2025

Cantus Database sources are in RISM Online! See our news article: https://cantusdatabase.org/article/712612 for their news article!

Recent backend updates mean Cantus Database source records are now findable in RISM Online! See their winter 2025 update: https://rism.info/rism_digital_center/2025/03/13/rism-online-winter-2025-update.html

02/09/2025

Sending our thanks to Julie Sommerfeldt and the Rare Books and Special Collections team at the University of Sydney Fisher Library! The hands-on liturgical manuscripts workshop you hosted for us was amazing!

The Library’s collections of liturgical manuscripts, ranging from the 12th to the 18th century, is considered amongst the most significant in the southern hemisphere. Regarded for often striking design, liturgical manuscripts are handmade books created for use during Christian religious services, ...

11/18/2024

https://cantusdatabase.org/article/712610

Does your library have hidden treasures? We invite graduate and upper-year undergraduate students currently studying at North American universities to apply for four short-term positions to help describe and inventory fragments of chant manuscripts in North America--whether in public libraries, priv...

10/16/2024

Collecting references! Have you used DIAMM, the Cantus Database, or the Cantus Index for research, publications, presentations, performances, or teaching this year? Please help us fill our annual report for the Digital Research Alliance with lists of all the many ways that these online resources have aided your activities this past year. If you reported any items last year as forthcoming and they have now appeared, please report them again. Please send citations or descriptions by Wednesday, October 23rd to Debra at [email protected]. Thank you so much!

08/07/2024

ADVANCE WARNING: Hello chant researchers! There are some software upgrades required at the Cantus Index (https://cantusindex.org), so the login function to add new chants will be temporarily closed on Mon Aug 26.

The site will always be available to view!

We anticipate that the login for new contributions will be available in the first half of September.

Please let us know if you have any questions at [email protected] or [email protected].