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CHARACTERISTICS OF GREGORIAN CHANT. From its birth, the Christian music was a sung prayer, which had to be realized not in a purely material way,
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Gregorian Chant will never be understood without the text which has priority on the melody; It is vocal music, which means that it is sung a capella. Theory and Technic | Canticum Novum | Didactic Concerts | Links; History | Characteristics | Notation | Modes | Rhythm | Chironomy | The psalmody |; |
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Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, Modes with the same final share certain characteristics, and it is easy to modulate back...
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The history of Gregorian chant is as fascinating as the music itself. There are four general characteristics that apply to all Gregorian chant:
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[edit] Gregorian Chant [edit] Characteristics of Gregorian chants Sacred music evolved from a form called the Gregorian chant. Gregorian chants were named after Pope Gregory I and they are the official pieces of the Catholic Church.
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Reflections on the Spirituality of Gregorian Chant. A riveting work reflecting on the characteristics of Gregorian chant that have attracted the attention...
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That "Gregorian" chant was named for and credited to Pope Gregory I (r. 590-604) is an accident of politics and spin doctoring. The chant of the Franks is the style that eventually propagated. As a result, what we call Gregorian chant should probably be called Carolingian chant, but the easy way out is simply to use...
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GREGORIAN CHANT AS A PARADIGM OF SACRED MUSIC by William Mahrt In it, St. Pius gives three characteristics of sacred music; these are often summarized as holiness, beauty, and universality, but their specific wording is instructive. His statement is usually translated “Sacred music must, therefore,
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GREGORIAN CHANT AS A PARADIGM OF SACRED MUSIC by William Mahrt In it, St. Pius gives three characteristics of sacred music; these are often summarized as holiness, beauty, and universality, but their specific wording is instructive. His statement is usually translated “Sacred music must, therefore, possess in the...
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There are few things I find more ridiculous and repugnant than pseudo-Gregorian chant in English. Some would think that this is only a return to Gregorian chant. In reality, this is ensuring that any “chant” performed without music by the priest and/or the congregation is uniform and properly notated with the...
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