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plainsong
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alt. (context music English) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches. n. (context music English) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various ...
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n. a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainchant , Gregorian chant ]
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Plainsong was originally a British country rock / folk rock band, formed in early 1972 by Ian (later Iain) Matthews , formerly of Fairport Convention ; Andy Roberts , previously of The Liverpool Scene ; Dave Richards; and Bob Ronga. The original group split ...
Usage examples of plainsong.
Remember the monks at Maria Laach, the plainsong of Tenebrae on Good Friday.
Somewhere out in the house (though he may have dreamed that too) a chorus had begun singing a Dies Irae in plainsong.
In his harsh unmusical voice he chanted plainsong, which had a better covering effect: he had reached a Benedictus in the Dorian mode and he was straining for a high qui venit when the clear sharp voice of gunfire - carronade-fire - cut him short.
If we are saddened for ourselves that he is leaving us, it is tempered with joy that he has now achieved his heart's desire and will return to his beloved Hertfordshire, where he expects to devote his retirement years to civic affairs, transcendental meditation, and the study of plainsong.