plainchant
plainchant
Definition
plain·chant (plān′c̸hant′)
plainchant
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- sing: We still cherish the ancient skills of singing plainchant.
- use: The Gloria takes the plainchant Ave Maria as a cantus firmus and the Sanctus uses the plainchant Salve Regina.
Adjective modifier
- medieval: CAD: Please explain the concepts behind the Chants record set based on medieval plainchant.
- simple: But I would disagree that " simple plainchant " is " surely the most prayerful form of music " .
- Gregorian: This at times sounds like Gregorian plainchant crossed with West Coast psychadelia.
- ancient: Four male singers are rendering the ordered musical style of ancient plainchant.
Modifies a noun
- melody: The hymns are essentially settings of the original plainchant melodies.
- hymn: Tallis may perhaps have chosen it in order to reproduce the effect of an oral tradition of singing plainchant hymns metrically.
- theme: Shortly afterward we hear a brief plainchant theme from the 'Office for the Dead ' .
- setting: Best start with one of the well known plainchant mass settings, such as Missa de Angelis ( No.
- responsory: A plainchant responsory is a lengthy item following a reading, allowing time for the content of the reading to be digested.
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