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Plainsong

Plainsong or plainchant (calque from the French plain-chant; Latin: cantus planus) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. Plainsong was the exclusive form of the Western Christian church music until the ninth century and the…

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Plainsong

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples29
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
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related to history · 12
Plainsong → As, Christianity, Greek, In, It, Jewish, Kyrie, Orbis Factor, The, Their, They, This
related to External links · 9
Plainsong → CDs, Gregorian Chant, Medieval Music Society, MP3, Psalms, Sacra MusicaThe, Sarah James, Sarum Use, The Plainsong

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chant music chants plainchant used century church musical western latin polyphony system mass use melody form syllabic notation syllable gregorian

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introitsinstance ofThese are often used for short texts0.80text
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Plainsongrelated to External linksGregorian Chant0.60section
Plainsongrelated to External linksCDs0.60section
Plainsongrelated to External linksMP30.60section
Plainsongrelated to External linksSacra MusicaThe0.60section

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