plainchant meaning
Noun: plainchant pleynchaant
- A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
- plainsong, Gregorian chant
Derived forms: plainchants
Type of: chant
Encyclopedia: Plainchant
Examples
More: Next- the shape of noteheads has differed historically, as in plainchant
- the tallis fantasia grows out of the simplest renaissance plainchant into glowing string textures of ravishing beauty
- It contains one of the few remaining examples of Celtic Plainchant.
- Clausulae eventually became used as substitutes for passages of original plainchant.
- A low plainchant performed by a 24-voice male chorus.