plain-song

Plain song — Plain Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

plain|song — plain song, or plain|song «PLAYN SNG, SONG», noun. 1. vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times. Plain song is sung in unison. It is rhythmical, although the beats are not regular. 2. a melody taken as the theme for a… …   Useful english dictionary

plain song — plain song, or plain|song «PLAYN SNG, SONG», noun. 1. vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times. Plain song is sung in unison. It is rhythmical, although the beats are not regular. 2. a melody taken as the theme for a… …   Useful english dictionary

plain-song — 1510s, translating L. cantus planus …   Etymology dictionary

plain-song — noun a) The unisonous vocal music which has been used in the Christian church from its earliest centuries. b) A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain song …   Wiktionary

Plain Song —    The name given to the ancient music with which the Church service was rendered. Thus Blunt in the Annotated Prayer book, speaking of Church music says, In the remodeling of our English services, the great aim was not to discard, but to utilize …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

plain-song — англ. [пле/йнсон] григорианский хорал (cantus planus) …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

plain-song — …   Useful english dictionary

PLAIN-SONG AND MEDIAEVAL MUSIC SOCIETY — английское общество, издающее, подобно Paléographie musicale (См.) фотографические факсимиле старинных литургических манускриптов (у Bern. Quaritsch в Лондоне) …   Музыкальный словарь Римана

Plain — Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Plain battle — Plain Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English