plain song
- a variation of plainsong.
Example Sentences
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For such an apparently plain song, Love Me Do caused a lot of problems.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
When Elizabeth II comes next week to her "Royal Peculiar," she will come for the plain song and preaching more as just another communicant than as head of church and state.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oregon-born Composer Lou Harrison, 39, found the inspiration for his moving, low-pitched Mass in the percussion-accompanied plain song of the Indians of Spanish California, later Europeanized it with "contrapuntal accompaniment based on medieval methods."
From Time Magazine Archive
Gregorian Chant, or plain song, is a flowing unaccompanied chant that originated in the Greek, Roman and Hebrew melodies used by the first Christians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Palestrina was entrusted with the task of reforming church music; the Pope showed himself disposed not to leave anything but plain song, and to suppress even that if necessary.
From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.
