Gregorian chant

n. Roman Catholic Church

An unaccompanied, monophonic liturgical chant.

[After Saint Gregory I.]

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Gregorian chant

(Music, other) another name for plainsong

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Grego′rian chant′

the plainsong formerly used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1745–55; after Pope Gregory I]

Gregorian chant

Unaccompanied church vocal music without definite rhythm.

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Noun

Gregorian 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

frankoroomalainen kirkkolaulugregoriaaninen kirkkolaulu

gregorssöngur

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. The words, when they followed the prelude, were as wild, as recklessly free from all restraint of critical rules, as the music.

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In Rome, Italy, Eucharistic celebrations that will include the Gregorian Chant, which St.

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Allan Antonio of the Diocese of Malolos, will be on adult/youth choir and children's choir (for conductors); Gregorian chant; guitar; organ; composition; music writing and encoding; rudiments of music (for choir members; basic cantoring; and choral arrangement.

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Apart from German church hymns, they extend from Gregorian chant to a work specially arranged for the occasion.

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Nardini suggests the possibility that Beneventan cantors conflated the structure of imported Gregorian chant with melodic elements of Italic chant dialects.

Interlacing Traditions: Neo Gregorian Mass Propers in Beneventan Manuscripts

Rutter is subtly influenced by modern composers but also effectively uses Gregorian chant at two key points of the work.

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Louis, let us reintroduce the topic of monastic routine and then make an effort to capture the indispensable function of Gregorian chant in that routine.

Silence, solitariness, and Gregorian chant

Mass is in English, but we have Latin propers and often Latin Gloria, Creed and Sanctus, all in Gregorian chant. The organ music and choral anthems are often Bach.

The divide

You may have heard of Gregorian chant, but did you know there are many forms of chant, including Ambrosian and Byzantine chant?

The History of Classical Music For Beginners

But it also produced Gregorian chant, which is without doubt transcendentally beautiful and was almost certainly appreciated by the men of evil of those days.

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Among his many publications are Music, A Listener's Introduction (1983) and Gregorian Chant and the Carolingians (1998).

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