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Title: Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko De Silo by Sandra Boynton ISBN: 0-7611-0594-8 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (16 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Ore-snay, ore-snay!
Comment: I received this book/CD combo as a gift. The giver requested that I listen and read immediately. Howl! From start to finish, I laughed! The chant (grunt) is authentic, and true to Gregorian modes. The musicians are first rate, though I am not sure how they recorded this without laughing!

Basically, what Boynton and her cohorts have done, is spoof the ever-so-popular "Chant" recordings. It details the day in the lives of some barn animals. The humor is subtle, and it would almost be worth it to learn Latin all over again. After studying the Chant form for a semester in college, I am sure that I find the humor funnier than the average non-music major. Still, it is a great parody that everyone should hear at least once.

Rating: 5
Summary: Quality Music with quality humor
Comment: As others have noted, this book gets most of its humor value from the parody of the current trendy "Gregorian Chant for new age yuppies" albums, but the underlying concept is fun for anybody who knows a little Latin, grew up Catholic, or just likes erudite barnyard animals. And, unlike the P.D.Q. Bach works, no real knowledge of classical music is needed to appreciate much of the humor here. The real prize in this package is not the book, but the CD. This is good-quality music done by real musicians, who don't let the humorous content of the chant distract them from their skills. The text, where the pigs sing Pig Latin while the other animals sing Latin, is full of Latin translations of English idiom, and the snide comments of the chickens, delivered by angelic, ethereal female voices, win out-loud laughter from everyone for whom I've played the disc

Rating: 5
Summary: OINK!
Comment: Good stuff...a real good time for a music student....