| | Edward Foley, Capuchin: 2004 Liturgy Conference: Notre Dame Center for Liturgy |
 | | From a musical perspective, for example, despite Rome's repeated insistence on the primacy of Gregorian Chant and a particular style of 16th century polyphony, cultural forces were too strong to resist. |
 | | One major influence here, according to Hiley, was the increasingly common practice in the 17th and 18th centuries of accompanying chant which he believes was a powerful inducement "to recompose chants in a style easier to harmonize and more in the style of contemporary solo and concertante motets." |
 | | Aside from the various attempts to redefine chant according to particular cultural contexts, there was also growing cultural and stylistic diversity in the writing of Mass settings across Catholic Europe. |
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