| 单词 | gregorian music |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGregorian music 1. Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant n. or plainsong n. (characterized by free rhythm, a limited scale, etc.), which is founded on the Antiphonarium of which Gregory is presumed to have been the compiler. So Gregorian chant, Gregorian music, Gregorian tones, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] Ambrosiana1225 plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > chanted > plainchant plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 canto fermo1789 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [adjective] > plainchant Gregorian1728 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xliii. 191 Throughly besprinkled with holy water..that by the vertue, as well of that Gregorian water, as of the starres..they might make them disappear. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Chant The Plain, or Gregorian Chant, is where the Choir and the People sing in Unison, or all together in the same manner. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. 346 He [Gregory] formed that ecclesiastical music so grave and edifying, which at present is called the Gregorian music. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 12 The ancient Gregorian chants that are come down to us. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 14 I shall..give a short example of each mode in Gregorian notes. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) i. 10 Every one who has ever heard of Gregory, has heard of his Gregorian chants. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i, 18 The so-called Gregorian scales. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Gregorian Tones, a collection of chants compiled by S. Gregory the Great, consisting of eight tones, four of which, called authentic, he is said to have found, to which he added another four, plagal. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 362/2 The usual notes of the Gregorian Plain Song. < as lemmas |
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