Gregorian Chants
Gregorian Chant: The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant (q.v.), comprising not only the Church music of the early Middle Ages, but also later compositions (elaborate melodies for the Ordinary of the Mass, sequences, etc.) written in a similar style down to the sixteenth century and even in modern times(Catholic Encyclopedia). Gregorian Chant is a melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung a capella (without accompaniment). This chant is usually monophonic in texture and its rhythm is flexible, without even the simplest harmonies(Kaimen). It is interesting to note that these melodies do not have the regular "beat" which is characteristic of nearly all the music of the last millennium and this tends to give the music a very spiritual quality (ntu.edu). In a stricter sense Gregorian chant means that Roman form of early plain chant as distinguished from the Ambrosian, Galliean, and Mozarabic chants, which were equivalent to it, but were gradually supplanted by i!t from the eighth to the eleventh century(Catholic Encyclopedia). Gregorian chants represent the voice of the Church which were passed down from generation to generation through oral tradition. Then over time the number of chants grew into the thousands
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