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Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. Although popular belief credited Pope Gregory the Great with having personally invented Gregorian chant scholars now believe that the chant bearing his name arose from a later Carolingian synthesis of Roman and Gallican chant, and that at that time the attribution to Gregory I was a "marketing ruse" to invest it with a sanctified pedigree, as part of an effort to create one liturgical protocol that would be practised throughout the entire Holy Roman Empire.

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"Gregorian chant" takes its name from Pope St. Gregory the Great, who reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 590 to 604 A.D.

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There was no single composer, though Pope Gregory was the first to organized them

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He was credited by medieval legend with having created it, even though it evolved over many centuries.

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History tells us about that. Some people brought music from Rome to their kingdoms in France and Germany. When people sang these songs, this new music became Gregorian chant.

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pope Gregory I 590 - 604

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Who was the composer and important contributor to gregorian chant?

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What is Gregoran chant's most famous piece of music?

Gregoran Chant is not a composer. Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical music within Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. Get a chant composer and we will evaluate the work.


Is gregorian chant devil work or music?

Gregorian chant is beautiful and prayerful music.


What words does not describe Gregorian Chant?

'Polyphony' does not describe Gregorian chant.


The texture of Gregorian chant is said to be?

Gregorian chant or Plaint chant is known as monophony. Many voices, unaccompanied, and all singing in unison.


What time period was the Gregorian chant in?

The Middle Ages were around the time of Pope Gregory I from where Gregorian Chant gained its name


Texture of Gregorian chant?

monophonic


What words refer to plainsong?

Plainchant, Gregorian chant, monophonic chant, plainsong.


A medieval motet was built on a phrase of gregorian chant called?

a gregorian chant was used as the base part for the motet and was called the cantus firmus


What type of chant became the predominant type of music in Roman Catholic churches during the early middle ages?

Gregorian chant


Is a Gregorian chant?

nope. Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical chant of Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services.


Why is Gregorian Chant believed to be relaxing?

because it is.