Yet his diction tends to be simple, his preference plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst] Reference
Music: Victimae Paschai laudes, plainsong, Mode I; melody att. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
The music progresses from peaceful plainsong to violent shouts. From Wordnik.com. [On CD: Baltic Runes] Reference
We tried some plainsong last Half; quite good, really quite good. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
And notes are more-or-less modern with a special adaption for plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [Deus, Deus Meus: Gregorian English] Reference
Students enjoyed the opportunity to learn about plainsong in a friendly atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Chant in Scotland] Reference
Religious publishers are stocking and selling large collections of plainsong books and music. From Wordnik.com. ["Chant Revival"] Reference
Even the plainsong intonations and verses are clearly specified to be sung by the boy trebles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Does it matter to you if it's English or Latin that rises above the altar in a plainsong chant?. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Musical settings including plainsong and polyphonic conducti, tropes, and organa follow on fols. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
As if a stream of gibberish suddenly resolved into Shakespear-ean verse and soaring plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
I must admit, my current frame of mind is more in keeping with this piece of mediaeval plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [First of May] Reference
Cadence notes correspond to the finals of the plainsong formula rather than to the final of the mode. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Only selected passages of this text were set in polyphony, the intervening ones being sung in plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Music from Medieval England] Reference
I listen to medieval music: sad pieces for romance, plainsong for Serious Matters and dances for social stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Words, Pictures, Memory] Reference
Piped choral music, some kind of mediocre plainsong, filtered in over thin silver speakers suspended in the corners. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
He felt none of that numinous awe born of emptiness and the echo of plainsong on the silent air that ancient churches could evoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Lighthouse]
It all comes together, towards the end, with what amounts to monkish plainsong chanting -- which clarifies the entire SFnal project. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
The first treble soars above and bellow the slow unfolding of the paraphrased plainsong, giving the whole texture a wonderful luminosity. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
(Came throbbing past in plainsong small and slow). From Wordnik.com. [Late Lyrics and Earlier : with Many Other Verses] Reference
THe first 2 bars of plainsong are worth that alone. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned In Sound // Feed] Reference
Its one-finger piano notes have the rhythms of plainsong. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The text and official plainsong melodies are given in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
It is still the most elaborate of all our plainsong melodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference
The approved plainsong will appear in the forthcoming Vatican. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
'Plain-song,' as opposed to the performance of plainsong with a. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries] Reference
The exquisite plainsong has been attributed to Hermann Contractus. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
Whereas our plainsong is strictly diatonic, theirs is enharmonic with variable intervals. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
There are four well-known plainsong settings, the authentic form being found in the Vatican. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
We are now witnessing a similar movement for uniformity in plainsong (the Vatican edition). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
An insistent echo of this last setting is found in the plainsong of Santeul's "Stupete gentes.". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
When a modern person first hears a piece of accompanied plainsong sung, he is generally bewildered. From Wordnik.com. [Purcell] Reference
Fragments of plainsong are often used as basic source material to be adapted and developed in various ways. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling911.com RSS News Feed] Reference
He appears familiar with the plainsong, and has based a symphony and portions of a quartet on Gregorian modes. From Wordnik.com. [Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers] Reference
I was greatly disappointed with the singing in the severe, unadorned Chapel; it was plainsong, without any organ or instrument. From Wordnik.com. [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference
Glenn's plainsong vocal, and an almost dirge-like feel; Part II explodes with electric guitars and a driving, mesmerizing cadence. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
There was a music in his voice too -- a certain -- well, he could only call it lilt, that reminded him of plainsong, intoning, chanting. From Wordnik.com. [Four Weird Tales] Reference
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