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Definition of Plainsong
1. Noun. A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.
Generic synonyms: Chant
Specialized synonyms: Cantus Firmus
Definition of Plainsong
1. Noun. (music) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plainsong
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plainsong
Literary usage of Plainsong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Augustus Hughes-Hughes (1906)
"plainsong MELODIES AS SUNG ix тик CHURCH OF ROME.* Additional 14342, ff. ...
plainsong melodies from the following portions of the Roman Liturgy, ..."
2. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1849)
"plainsong, then, I may explain, is the proper appellation of what you all know as
... plainsong has nothing in common with this harmonized measured music, ..."
3. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1900)
"In considering the Work of the Benedictines of Solesmes in the plainsong Revival
... plainsong is a system of music perfectly distinct from modern measured ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"psalms, canticles, versicles, responses, and creeds were sung invariably in
plainsong, which Big- nines a certain specific mode of chanting in unison, ..."
5. Music in the Church by Peter Christian Lutkin (1910)
"plainsong melodies at first had choice of the four original authentic modes of
the Greeks,—the Dorian, the Phrygian, the Ly- dian, and the Mixo-Lydian, ..."
6. Letters from East Africa, 1895-1897 by Gertrude Ward (1899)
"Do you know, two wonderful conversions are now taking place here: Mr. S. is being
converted to Browning, and I am being converted to plainsong! ..."
7. The Free-rhythm Psalter (organ Edition): With Varied Harmonies for Use on by Francis Pott, Arthur Henry Brown (1898)
"Their true musical rendering is in monotone, on a comparatively low note, with
a very simple inflexion, that is, in the old traditional plainsong, ..."
8. Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Augustus Hughes-Hughes (1906)
"plainsong MELODIES AS SUNG ix тик CHURCH OF ROME.* Additional 14342, ff. ...
plainsong melodies from the following portions of the Roman Liturgy, ..."
9. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1849)
"plainsong, then, I may explain, is the proper appellation of what you all know as
... plainsong has nothing in common with this harmonized measured music, ..."
10. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1900)
"In considering the Work of the Benedictines of Solesmes in the plainsong Revival
... plainsong is a system of music perfectly distinct from modern measured ..."
11. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"psalms, canticles, versicles, responses, and creeds were sung invariably in
plainsong, which Big- nines a certain specific mode of chanting in unison, ..."
12. Music in the Church by Peter Christian Lutkin (1910)
"plainsong melodies at first had choice of the four original authentic modes of
the Greeks,—the Dorian, the Phrygian, the Ly- dian, and the Mixo-Lydian, ..."
13. Letters from East Africa, 1895-1897 by Gertrude Ward (1899)
"Do you know, two wonderful conversions are now taking place here: Mr. S. is being
converted to Browning, and I am being converted to plainsong! ..."
14. The Free-rhythm Psalter (organ Edition): With Varied Harmonies for Use on by Francis Pott, Arthur Henry Brown (1898)
"Their true musical rendering is in monotone, on a comparatively low note, with
a very simple inflexion, that is, in the old traditional plainsong, ..."
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