Ward had let fall that a plain chant Gloria reminded him of "original sin.
That music, properly so called, may be admitted as well as plain chant.
Its peculiar merits grow upon familiar acquaintance, and a devoted lover of plain chant, rather to our surprise, once expressed his affection for it.
Both the introit and communion are sung without, and the offertory with, counterpoint: the Kyrie eleison, Gradual and tract, in plain chant.
The anthems and psalms, with the exception of the Miserere which is the last psalm at Lauds, most of the lessons and other parts of the office, are sung in plain chant.
Nevertheless, there is much in favour of a return to plain chant.
If plain chant is to be restored, the first step is to train not only the clergy, as is already being done, but more importantly still, the schoolmasters.
To us it is, in effect, an order for the exclusion of all figured music, and the restoration of plain chant.
As has been well remarked, "This conservatism, if we may so call it, of the Church, is not confined to plain chant.
Wholly converted, as we are, in heart and mind, to the exclusive use of plain chant, we nevertheless commend these well-meant efforts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plain chant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
