When did Gregorian chants originate?

Answer 1

* Genre: Classical There are arguments concerning the proper use of the term "Gregorian" in reference to chants. Generally the term refers to any chants written in the church modes, often employing texts from the psalms or the gospels. They developed during the papacy of Gregory the Great (d.604) but generally refer to the Church music of the 11th through 13th centuries. There is a distinction between Roman and Gregorian chants that obfuscates the origin and characterizes true Gregorian chant (that which developed with Gregory I and Gregory II), and Roman chants. There certainly are distinctions that scholars have drawn; however, the distinctions most accurately refer to different styles than to two different types of chants. The Gregorian chant contained phrases that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye often in the form of arches. Musical strains were often related to the text in the context of the contours of the musical line and what the text is addressing. Clearly there was also a balance between melisma and syllabic writing without an over abundance of the former. Though there were exceptions to the eight Church modes, most Gregorian chants were written in that vein. http://www.answers.com/topic/gregorian-chant

Answer 2

Gregorian chant

Liturgical music of the Roman Catholic church consisting of unaccompanied melody sung in unison to Latin words. It is named for Pope Gregory I, who may have contributed to its collection and codification and who was traditionally represented as having received all the melodies directly from the Holy Spirit. Of the five bodies of medieval Latin liturgical music, it is the dominant repertoire, and the name is often used broadly to include them all. Gregorian chant apparently derived principally from Jewish cantillation, with other elements entering from the Eastern Church (see Byzantine chant) and elsewhere. Chant has traditionally been performed at the mass and the canonical hours (the eight prayer services traditionally held daily in monasteries). Its texts come primarily from the biblical psalms, metrical hymns, and texts specific to the mass and the hours. The melodies are classified as belonging to one or another of the eight church modes. Chant rhythm is not strictly metrical, and its notation does not indicate rhythm. Since the Second Vatican Council, the performance of chant has diminished greatly.

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Answer 3

what is the gregorian chant? or what was the gregorian chant?

Answer 4

Gregorian Chant originated between the years of 590 - 640 ACE (after common era).

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Answer 5

Western and central Europe ... in the 10th and 11th centuries.

Answer 6

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