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Gregorian chant

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Gregorian chant
n. Roman Catholic Church
An unaccompanied, monophonic liturgical chant.
[After Saint Gregory I.]
Gregorian chant
n
(Music, other) another name for plainsong
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Noun1.Gregorian chantGregorian chant - a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
plainchant, plainsong
chant - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
cantus firmus - a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
Translations
Gregorian chant
n → gregorianischer Choral or Gesang


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Sometimes it modulated into tones which reminded me of the severer harmonies of the old Gregorian chants.
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