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The English Plainchant Revival
; The English Plainchant Revival. By Bennet Zon. (NewYork...the history of church music, namely, plainchant. In Roman Catholic church music history...Catholic Church. The musical style of plainchant in its pristine state is characterized...
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The English Plainchant Revival. (Book Reviews and Notes).
; The English Plainchant Revival. By Bennett Zon. Oxford Studies...associated with the reestablishment of plainchant as significant part of the Catholic...period. The second part examines the plainchant books and manuals published during...
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(David Hiley's Western Plainchant, ... )
; ...Richard L. Crocker Publisher: Yale University Press Price: RM149.90 Available at Tower Records Bookstore DAVID Hiley's Western Plainchant, a standard reference book. And which is why it is tagged as an `introductory book'. The chapters deal with the history, the...
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Computer game prompts hunt for plainchant singers
; ...record an album of Gregorian chant. It believes the bestselling computer game Halo has sparked a resurgence of interest in plainchant, traditionally been sung by choirs of men and boys in churches. Gregorian chant-like music forms the main soundtrack of the...
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Let there be sales - Universal puts its faith in 'plainchant'
; ...success of the computer game Halo, which uses the singing - a plainchant sung without musical accompaniment by male choirs - as a soundtrack...Enigma released several successful CDs featuring it. However, plainchant has recently resurfaced as the soundtrack to Xbox games which...
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CD success that could revive an ancient liturgy Gregorian plainchant is hugely popular, argues Tony Scotland. So why di d the Church abandon it?
; ...devoted to the study and practice of plainchant. For the rest of us, the authentic sense...that pervades the abbey recordings of plainchant derives from the way the monks live...still sing the Offices in Gregorian plainchant. But, alas, their fidelity to tradition...
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Never mind the plainchant...
; ...oup's pungent vocal style and healthy enjoyment of singing demotic texts provide the perfect antidote to an overdose of wistful plainchant and hypnotic devotional songs. The Paris-based Ensemble entertained its Wigmore Hall audience with tales of turd-eating pigs...
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A pilgrim bowing plainchant PROM 22 ** Royal Albert Hall
; THE SECOND quarter has begun with a new set of quiz questions in the programme. Which composer shares his name with an encyclope-dia? James MacMillan's Cello Concerto was a huge hit when it was first performed in October 1996 and even won an Evening Standard Award for its performer, Rostropovich.
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Chant-fable
; Chant-fable SIBYLLE MAGER The English plainchant revival Bennett Zon Oxford UP (Oxford...eighteenth-century English Catholic plainchant manuscripts and publications. The first...Its discoveries shift the focus of the plainchant revival in England from the nineteenth...
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(book reviews)
; Think of medieval plainchant theory, and the word mode is likely...into the theoretical foundations of plainchant is that undertaken under the auspices...comparison of the Regule with other plainchant treatises. The composite list of...
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