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plainsong::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | plainchant |
| Type of | chant |
| Has types | gregorian chant |
Examples of plainsong
plainsong
Plainsong is about a small city outside of Denver and how characters come together.
From the gothamgal.com
Plainsong is monophonic, consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They make their own secret sounds which play into the tree's plainsong.
From the guardian.co.uk
He was a skilled pianist and organist, interested in ancient church music and plainsong.
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Plainsong was the first and foremost musical style of Italy, Ireland, Spain, and France.
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During the Middle Ages a rich hymnody developed in the form of Gregorian chant or plainsong.
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Fleet Foxes merged plainsong with folk on a self-titled debut.
From the bloomberg.com
Monophonic chant, also called plainsong or Gregorian Chant, was the dominant form until about 1100.
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Other influences include plainsong, Richard Wagner, polyphonic choral symphonies and progressive tonality.
From the economist.com
- A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
- Plainsong was a Country rock/Folk rock band formed by Ian Matthews in early 1972, along with Andy Roberts, Dave Richards, and Bob Ronga. They recorded their debut album In Search of Amelia Earhart in 1972.
- Plainsong is a bestselling novel by Kent Haruf. Set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants.
- A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches
- Ancient chant of the Christian church. The term derived from the Latin word cantus planus. It was first codified by Ambrose, bishop of Milan (Ambrosian chant), and then by Pope Gregory in the 6th century (Gregorian chant). ...
- A type of religious music with roots in the Medieval church, like the alabados it uses modes and lacks time signatures.
- Liturgical chant, such as Gregorian chant.
- Unaccompanied church music sung in unison and in free rhythm according to the accentuation of the words.
- The term generally used for the large body of nonmetrical, monophonic, liturgical music of the Church of Rome; also called Gregorian chant.
