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plainchant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plainsong |
| Type of | chant |
| Has types | gregorian chant |
Examples of plainchant
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The text of a clausula differs from that of the plainchant melody underneath it.
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Even Stravinsky's own Russian Orthodox plainchant assumes a geometric angularity.
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Clausulae eventually became used as substitutes for passages of original plainchant.
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Their calm, slow melodies are built up from paired phrases reminiscent of plainchant.
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The earliest innovations upon monophonic plainchant were heterophonic.
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For several centuries, different plainchant styles existed concurrently.
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Neumatic notation remains standard in modern editions of plainchant.
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Like all plainchant, Ambrosian chant is monophonic and a cappella.
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Newly composed music on new texts was first introduced within the context of existing plainchant.
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- Plainsong: a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
- Also known as plainsong, chant or Gregorian Chant. Plainchant is a single melody, sung in unison by a soloist or choir, often using Latin words and a liturgical text.
- Monophonic unaccompanied singing of the psalms, the Ordinary, or other sacred texts.
- Or plainsong (from Lat. cantus planus) Medieval church music usually describing the Gregorian chant which still survives today in the Roman Catholic Church. It consists of a single, unaccompanied vocal line in free rhythm like speech with no regular bar lengths.
