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plainsong

/pleyn-sawng, -song/US // ˈpleɪnˌsɔŋ, -ˌsɒŋ //UK // (ˈpleɪnˌsɒŋ) //

平民歌,平原之歌,平原歌,平静的歌声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
    • : modal liturgical music; Gregorian chant.
    • : a cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal development.
    • : any simple and unadorned melody or air.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He appears familiar with the plainsong, and has based a symphony and portions of a quartet on Gregorian modes.

  • And Winchester, too, has all and more than all, the surprise of the plainsong; the better you know it the more you are impressed.

  • Descant in music is the melodious accompaniment to a simple theme, the plainsong or ground.

  • There was a chapel in the house, of a High Anglican kind, where vestments and incense were used, and plainsong sung.

  • Florid music, or all church music that is not Plainsong, or its Lutheran equivalent the chorale-melody.