Cantus Database

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].

07/23/2024

Do you sing chant? In the last days leading up to the Cantus Planus conference in Gödöllő, Hungary, please help us out by taking a few moments to respond to this survey about singing chant from original sources or editions:
https://forms.gle/XMJXuJbcNa1jECbi6
Please share far and wide!

07/04/2024

This Friday, July 5, 2024, at 5 PM CEST, Dr. Anna de Bakker, Postdoctoral Researcher for the DACT Project, Dalhousie University, will present: "Leaves and Links: Enhancing Fragmentarium’s collection of musically-notated liturgical chant fragments."

She will be presenting her behind-the-scenes work on the Fragmentarium and Cantus web platforms, enriching both in a spectacular example of cross-project collaboration.

Registration is via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lc-mtrzkqGtxBAaIrEDXa0crha1wKCHDQ

https://cantusdatabase.org/article/712607

This Friday, July 5, 2024, at 5 PM CEST, Dr. Anna de Bakker, Postdoctoral Researcher for the DACT Project, Dalhousie University, will present: "Leaves and Links: Enhancing Fragmentarium’s collection of musically-notated liturgical chant fragments."

06/04/2024

A quick reminder about server maintenance scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 from 6:30-10:30 AM PT (UTC -7). During this time there may be periods of no network access for the Cantus Database, so please plan accordingly. Thank you for your understanding.

05/15/2024

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: The Cantus Database will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The website will be available for consultation but not for entering any new data. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Also, please note that additional server maintenance is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 from 6:30-10:30 AM PT (UTC -7). During this time there may be periods of no network access, so please plan accordingly. We continue to improve the site! Thank you for your patience and understanding.