Gregorian chant

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liturgical chant monophonic music plainchant sacred music

Gregorian chant is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church, central to medieval liturgy and Western musical tradition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gregorian chant canonical 33
Gregorian chant tradition 3
Gregorian Requiem chant 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liturgical chant ⓘ
monophonic music ⓘ
plainchant ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
accompaniment unaccompanied ⓘ
associatedWith Gregory the Great ⓘ
surface form: Pope Gregory I
codifiedBy Frankish cantors ⓘ
codifiedIn Carolingian Empire ⓘ
contains Mass Ordinary chants ⓘ
Mass Proper chants ⓘ
Office antiphons ⓘ
alleluia chants ⓘ
hymns ⓘ
psalm tones ⓘ
responsories ⓘ
developedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
function liturgical prayer ⓘ
scripture proclamation ⓘ
genreOf Western music ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Renaissance sacred music ⓘ
Western classical music ⓘ
medieval polyphony ⓘ
organum ⓘ
mergedTraditionsOf Gallican chant ⓘ
Roman chant ⓘ
musicalTexture free rhythm ⓘ
namedAfter Gregory the Great ⓘ
surface form: Pope Gregory I
notationType neumatic notation ⓘ
square notation ⓘ
performedBy clerics ⓘ
monks ⓘ
nuns ⓘ
schola cantorum ⓘ
preservedIn Antiphonale Romanum ⓘ
Graduale Romanum ⓘ
recognizedBy Second Vatican Council ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
scaleSystem modal ⓘ
statusInChurchDocuments pride of place in Roman liturgy ⓘ
typicalLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
typicalPerformancePractice a cappella ⓘ
unison singing ⓘ
usedIn Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Divine Office

Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
Mass ⓘ
Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Roman Rite liturgy
uses church modes ⓘ
vocalTexture monophonic ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benedictines → historicalInfluence → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Latin Rite → hasCulturalHeritage → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Te Deum → musicalSetting → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Agnus Dei → musicalStyle → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Mass of St. Pius V → usesChant → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Vetus Ordo → ritualCharacteristics → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Catholic traditionalism → values → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Exsultet → textTradition → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian chant tradition
Gloria → musicalSetting → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Pope Gregory the Dialogist → associatedWith → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament → musicType → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Pope Pius X → promoted → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Marian antiphons → melodicForm → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Ambrosian chant → distinctFrom → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Ambrosian chant → distinctFrom → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman chant
Ecclesiastical Latin → associatedWith → Gregorian chant ⓘ
St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough → hasChantTradition → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Christian culture → hasArtForm → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Compline → musicTradition → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Missa cantata → uses → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Graduale Romanum → contains → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Masses for the Dead → musicTradition → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian Requiem chant
Guido of Arezzo → influenced → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian chant notation
Guido of Arezzo → influencedBy → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian chant tradition
Ordinary of the Mass → associatedWith → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Pange lingua gloriosi → musicalSetting → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Antiphonale Romanum → contains → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Catholic Mass → musicMayInclude → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Sanctus → musicalSetting → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Sung Mass → associatedWith → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Tra le sollecitudini → emphasizes → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Alma Redemptoris Mater → category → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian chants
Regensburger Domspatzen → performs → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Carolingian liturgical reforms → hasInfluencedBy → Gregorian chant ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregorian chant tradition
En route → subjectMatter → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Mozarabic chant → relatedTo → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Mozarabic chant → contrastedWith → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Old Roman chant → supplantedBy → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Old Roman chant → relatedTo → Gregorian chant ⓘ
Pluscarden Abbey → knownFor → Gregorian chant ⓘ