Plainchant
Plainchant is the traditional monodic chant of the Catholic and Eastern Christian liturgies. In Western Europe plainchant was largely but not completly standardised under Pope Gregory the Great ... More »
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Plainsong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plainsong (also plainchant ) is a body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Roman Catholic Church. The liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church, though similar in many ways and probabl...
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Gregorian chant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical chant in Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. It is...
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Description and history of the precursor to Gregorian chant ... By plain chant we understand the church music of the early Middle Ages, before the advent of polyphony. Having grown up gradually in the service of Christian worship, it remained the exclusive music of the Church For centuries again it held a place of honour,
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Plainchant, also called plainsong, is a form of medieval church music that involves chanting; it emerged around 100 A.D. Plainchant doesn't use any instrumental accompaniment, instead, it uses words that are sung. It was the only type of mu...
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Beautiful, mysterious and peaceful, these are but some of the words one can use when describing plainchant. But what is it exactly? Learn more about plainchants. Music Education in the News: When a school faces budget cuts it is often th...
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Plainchant - Gregorian chant - Gregoriaanse muziek: English version ... Listen to Plainchant ... Webmaster: Willy Schuyesmans; English version by Joachim Kelecom; (linguistic or translatory comment is welcome)
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Plainchant, or chant, is the music of the medieval Christian church. Its origin lies partly in Jewish liturgy, and in the early Christian church's efforts to devise a liturgy radically different from pagan rivals (no clapping, no dancing, no instruments, texts mostly from the Bible sung homophonically).
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History, bibliographie and agenda of plainchant ... Gregoriaans: het Geluid van de Stilte ... Listen to Plainchant: Gregorian Chant...
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