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What is a plainsong?

What is a plainsong? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches.
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Monks in Tudor England subtly altered the words of Latin plainsong, transforming them into coded protest.
Urban March is magical, formed from simple humming, and Woman at the Door has the qualities of plainsong.
Her nuns, by their own admission, weren't very good at singing, with their plainsong and intoning more than a little out of tune!
In other words, the daily execution of a grand motet on ordinary days would have given place to plainsong on feast days.
If you have no stomach for plainsong and church polyphony, steer clear of this recording.
Significant plainsong hymns have a place, all treated with flowing simplicity.

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