For the band, see "Plainsong (band)". Plainsong was a Country rock / Folk rock band formed by Ian Matthews in early 1972 along with Andy Roberts, Dave Richards, and Bob Ronga For the song on The Cure's 1989 album, see "Disintegration". Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English Alternative rock band The Cure, released on 12 May 1989 by Fiction Records. For the novel, see "Plainsong". Plainsong is a bestselling novel by Kent Haruf. Set in the fictional town of Holt Colorado, it tells the interlocking stories of some of the inhabitants

Plainsong (also plainchant) is a body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Roman Catholic Church. A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions The liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church, though similar in many ways, are generally not classified as plainsong, though the musical form is nearly as old as Christendom. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Plainsong is also commonly used in the Anglican churches. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs

Plainsong is monophonic; it is in free, rather than measured, rhythm. In Music, texture is the overall quality of sound of a piece, most often indicated by the number of voices in the music and by the relationship between Plainsong often uses the lengthy reverberations and resonant modes of cathedrals to create harmonies. Resonant room modes affect the low frequency response of a Sound system at the listening position This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral

History

Gregorian chant is a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I (6th century A. History Gregorian chant was organized codified and notated mainly in the Frankish lands of western and central Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries with later additions The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. D. ). Though frequently asserted, it is not true that Gregory invented the chant, or that he ordered the suppression of previous chant styles, such as the Ambrosian or Mozarabic, for the chant pre-dated Gregory. Ambrosian chant (also known as Milanese chant) is the liturgical plainchant repertory of the Ambrosian rite of the Roman Catholic Church related Mozarabic chant (also known as Hispanic chant, Old Hispanic chant, Old Spanish chant, or Visigothic chant) is the liturgical plainchant He did codify and standardize the use of plainchant throughout Christendom. The chant was so named for his promotion of its use in the Roman liturgy.

For several centuries, different plainchant styles existed concurrently. Standardization on Gregorian chant was not completed, even in Italy, until the 12th century. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Plainchant represents the first revival of musical notation after knowledge of the ancient Greek system was lost. See also Modern musical symbols Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived Music through the use Plainsong notation differs from the modern system in having only four lines to the staff and a system of note shapes called neumes. Neumes are the basic elements of Western and Eastern systems of Musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation

In the late 9th century, plainsong began to evolve into organum, which led to the development of polyphony. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Organum (ˈɔrgənəm though the stress is now sometimes incorrectly put on the second syllable from Ancient Greek ὄργανον - organon "organ instrument In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony

There was a significant plainsong revival in the 19th century, when much work was done to restore the correct notation and performance-style of the old plainsong collections, notably by the monks of Solesmes Abbey, in Northern France. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Solesmes Abbey or St Peter's Abbey Solesmes ( Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes) is a Benedictine Monastery in Solesmes ( After the Second Vatican Council and the introduction of the New Rite Mass, use of plainsong in the Roman Catholic Church declined and was mostly confined to the Monastic Orders^[1] and to ecclesiastical Societies celebrating the traditional Latin Mass (also called Tridentine Mass). The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twentieth century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from Greek monos, alone is the religious practice in which one But, since Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum, use of the Tridentine rite has increased; this, along with other Papal comments on the use of appropriate liturgical music, is promoting a new plainsong revival. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger Summorum Pontificum (Of the Supreme Pontiffs is an Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, issued " Motu proprio " (i

In the late 1980s, plainchant achieved a certain vogue as music for relaxation, and several recordings of plainchant became "classical-chart hits".

Since 2000, the Belgian singer and researcher Hendrik Vanden Abeele, together with his ensemble Psallentes ("the singing"), is doing research on the performance practice of fifteenth-century plainsong, focusing on thorny and controversial problem of rhythm, memory as the major requisite for a good singer of chant, and the voice as a research tool. ^[2]

References

1. ^   "Plain Chant". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.  
2. ^ Abeele, Hendrik Vanden (February 2007). "Researching and Developing Performance Practice in Late Medieval Chant Researching and Developing Performance Practice in Late Medieval Chant" (PDF). Dutch Journal of Music Theory, Special Issue Practice-as-Research: 91–99.  

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