Solo and unison plainsong choral chants assoc. with Pope Gregory I which became the fundamental mus. of the RC Church. See Plainsong.
Gregorian Chant
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| Gregorian and Old Roman chant (music) |
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- Gregorian chant (monophonic liturgical chant)
- Gregorian and Old Roman chant (music)
- Church mode (music)
- Gloria (1991 Album by Robert Gass)
- mensural music
- The Mystery of Gregorian Chants: A Vision of Enlightenment and Relaxation (1994 Music Film)
- Gregorian Chants for Christmas (Album by Hofburgkapelle Wein)
- Solesmes (music)
- Gregorian Chant Christmas (1994 Album by Ambrose Karels)
- Puer natus est nobis, introit in mode 7 (Classical Work)
- melisma
- plainsong
- Pietro Alfieri (music)
- Cecilian movement (music)
