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The music of the early church was intended for unison chorus (Plainsong), but the general acceptance of Polyphony in the Middle Ages moved the performance of part-music into the choir, which further benefited by the addition of instruments to the performing combination.
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mb-soft.com/believe/txc/plainson.htm
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In many respects, medieval chant is the same chant which can be heard in monasteries today, and much of the most important chant (or plainsong) was composed by early medieval saints. Another word to describe plainchant is monophony, which - as opposed to ... The concept of mode was created to categorize plainchant,
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www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/nocds.html
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For well over a millenium the modal system provided the foundation from which plainsong (or chant) and much folksong was created. Plainsong is unaccompanied melody; its melodic and rhythmical complexity contrasts with the seeming simplicity of the limited choice of notes available in a mode.
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homepage.eircom.net/~gerfmcc/Modes.html
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Plainsong Folk Festival ... Our mission is to encourage the performance and presentation of folk music in Nebraska, to educate the public on the unique cultural and artistic value of folk music, and to create and promote venues for folk music performances. ... 2009 PlainSong Folk Festival Saturday, September 26, 2009...
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www.plainsongfestival.com/
www.plainsongfestival.com/
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Haruf has created a novel redolent of Small Town, USA. It's warm and real without even a hint of the trite. Plainsong is a graceful, elegant and eloquently-told story that will be with me for a long time. | November 1999...
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www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/plainsong.html
www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/plainsong.html
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...author Nancy Huston, who has lived much of her adult life in France, caused a considerable stir when her novel Cantique des plaines (1993), written first in English as Plainsong and then re-created in French, was awarded the Governor General’s Award for fiction in French, raising questions about the very definition...
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1290113/Plainsong
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1290113/Plainsong
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the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times. ... modal liturgical music; Gregorian chant. ... a cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal development.
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/plain+song
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