Taize Music

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We have collected a number of beautiful examples of Taize music. Click any of these icons below to hear a YouTube video example of these engaging and inspiring renditions. (Click here to access all of these videos with annotations on a separate page at this website.

Wait for the Lord

Jesus, Remember Me

Mon amê se repose” (“My soul rests”) Psalm 62:1

The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order founded in 1940 by Brother Roger Schutz, a Swiss Reformed Protestant (1915-2005). Seeking to establish sanctuary for people suffering from discouragement and deprivation of livelihood following the fall of France in World War II, he located the community in the small village of Taizé just north of Cluny, the birthplace of western monasticism. His early publications, providing discernments for a Christ-centered communal life, prompted young men to join him, coming from Reformed, Anglican and Roman Catholic backgrounds.

Nada te turbe

Bless the Lord My Soul

Veni Sancte Spiritus

Currently, the number of brothers exceeds 100. Roman Catholic sisters from several orders assist although they are not formally members of the community. In the 1960s, young people from around the world made, and continue to make, pilgrimages to Taizé; the number of visitors can reach more than 5000 in summertime and on Easter.

Bleibet hier

In Resurrectione tua

Ubi caritas

Taizé is most widely known for its unique style of music-centered worship that emphasizes the meditative nature of communal life. The music features repetition of simple phrases, typically drawn from the Psalms and other scriptural sources; the repetition serves to encourage meditation and prayer.