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Plainsong
Plainsong meaning
A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches. | A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain-song. | The simple notes of an air, without ornament or variation.
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There was space, too, for more chest-bursting moments such as “Pictures of You”, “Plainsong” and “Disintegration” in one of the most brilliantly balanced Glastonbury headline sets of all time.
Centring it all is CCSL’s world-renowned musical lineage; its celebrated organist-composer Peter Jewkes, its breathtaking 40-person choir and its mild-mannered plainsong scholar and director of music who, after 45 years, retires this week.
Howells evoked medieval plainsong in his setting of the traditional text of the “Magnificat,” then enhanced it through wave after wave of imitative counterpoint.
The unadorned Gregorian plainsong, “Beatus vir” (Blessed is the man), was sung with supple beauty in a rendition that featured seven women from the choir singing from the Cathedral’s side chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Early medieval music (before 1150) Early chant traditions main seeAlso Chant (or plainsong ) is a monophonic sacred form which represents the earliest known music of the Christian church.
One of the choirs sings a simple fauxbordon based on the original plainsong chant for the Tonus peregrinus; the other choir sings a similar fauxbordon with pre-existing elaborations and the use of cadenzas.
The contents show Byrd's mastery of a wide variety of keyboard forms, though liturgical compositions based on plainsong are not represented.
This nurtured a tradition of distinctive Anglican chant applied to the canticles and psalms used at the offices (although plainsong is often used as well).