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	Plainsong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Broadly speaking, plainsong is the name given to the body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church.
		Plainsong is monophonic, and is in free rather than measured rhythm.
		There was a significant plainsong revival in the 19th century AD when much work was done to restore the correct notation and performance-style of the old plainsong collections, notably by the monks of the Abbaye de Solesmes in Northern France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plainsong (275 words)

	HEREFOL4 TEXT
		Ferthermore it is to wete that of al the cordis of descaunt summe be aboue the plainsong and summe benethe and summe with the plainsong.
		Of the whech countertenor thes be the 4 syghtis benethe plainsong: a 8te, a 6te, a 5te, a 3de and vnisoun euyn with the plainson; and aboue the plainsong othir 4: a 3, a 5te, a 6te, a 8te.
		Nou is this sight alterid; for whereas ferst euyn with the plainsong whas your 5te in voise, nou is your 12e and whereas was the 2e benethe the plainsong in voice your 6te, nou is your 13e and whereas was the 4e benethe the plainsong your 8te, nou is your 15e.
	www.music.indiana.edu /tme/15th/HEREFOL4_TEXT.html (1257 words)

	Plainsong, Church Music, Christian Music, Worship Music
		The music of the early church was intended for unison chorus (Plainsong), but the general acceptance of Polyphony in the Middle Ages moved the performance of part-music into the choir, which further benefited by the addition of instruments to the performing combination.
		Plainsong is the name given to the monodic (single melodic line) vocal liturgical music of the Christian Catholic churches.
		Until the 8th century, when reliable musical notation was invented, plainsong melodies were passed down orally from generation to generation.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/plainson.htm (2845 words)

	Amazon.com: Plainsong: Books: Kent Haruf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Plainsong, according to Kent Haruf's epigraph, is "any simple and unadorned melody or air." It's a perfect description of this lovely, rough-edged book, set on the very edge of the Colorado plains.
		What Plainsong has instead is note-perfect dialogue, surrounded by prose that's straightforward yet rich in particulars: "a woman walking a white lapdog on a piece of ribbon," glimpsed from a car window; the boys' mother, her face "as pale as schoolhouse chalk"; the smells of hay and manure, the variations of prairie light.
		PLAINSONG is one of those novels that sneaks up on a reader, beginning with understated prose and culminating with such authorial affection that the reader does not want to leave the fictional world.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375406182?v=glance (2009 words)

	Hymnology: Plainsong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Stemming from the Middle Ages, plainsong is also known as "Gregorian chant" (after Gregory I, who was Pope from 590-604).
		Although traditionally sung without harmony and accompaniment, plainsong is also sung congregationally in unison with a harmonized accompaniment.
		A type of plainsong (Gregorian chant), which is used for chanting prose psalms from the Bible.
	www.smithcreekmusic.com /Hymnology/Latin.Hymnody/Plainsong.html (371 words)

	plainsong on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		PLAINSONG [plainsong] or plainchant, the unharmonized chant of the medieval Christian liturgies in Europe and the Middle East; usually synonymous with Gregorian chant, the liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church.
		The texts of plainsong are the words of the Mass, the Psalms, canticles, and certain verse hymns.
		Plainsong; Of love, race and scandal, in Big Sky country and beyond.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/plainson.asp (518 words)

	HEREFOL3 TEXT
		Also if ye have a low voice whan the plainsong gothe hye, than ye may have 4 acordis mo[re], the whech be these: a 10, a 12, a 13 and a 15, of the wheche 4 acordis the 10 and 12 be in use by sight natural.
		The wheche hathe but 2 sightis: a 3 above the plainsong in sight the wheche is a 6 fro the Treble in voice and a evyn with the plainsong in sight the wheche is a 8 fro the Treble in voise.
		And as ofte as he wil to touche the plainsong and voide there fro, excepte twies togedir, for that may not be, in as moche as the plainsong sight is a 8 to the treble and a 5 to the mene and so to every degre he is a perfite corde.
	www.music.indiana.edu /tme/15th/HEREFOL3_TEXT.html (2002 words)

	MetroActive Books \| Kent Haruf
		Set in the backwater town of Holt, Colo., Plainsong tells the tale of seven homespun folks trying to stay wholesome in the face of mental illness, teenage pregnancy and unruly bullying by the bad guys.
		A plainsong, the book tells us, is "the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times; any simple or unadorned melody or air." Haruf's unadorned air is most successful when he describes the physical realities of life in the wide Colorado plain.
		Plainsong does nothing to further experiment with the novel as a fictional form, but it will satisfy the reader who is looking for a certain type of reassurance.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sfmetro/11.22.99/plainsong-9945.html (717 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf
		From these separate strands emerges a vision of life--and of the community and landscape that bind them together--that is both luminous and enduring.
		Plainsong is a story of the abandonment, grief, and stoicism that bring these people together, and it is a story of the kindness, hope, and dignity that redeem their lives.
		Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is an American classic: a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/plainsong.asp (885 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Plainsong, Contemporaries Ser.
		"Plainsong is the marvelous story of how seven extraordinary members of a tiny prairie community--two dedicated teachers, two young boys wise beyond their years, a pair of wonderfully idiosyncratic rancher brothers and a pregnant high school girl--come together, in the face of great difficulties, to form the most appealing extended family in contemporary fiction.
		Review: Kent Haruf's Plainsong is set in Denver and tells of a father's increasing alienation from his two boys after his wife dies, and a teenage girl's pregnancy and outcast condition which brings them together.
		Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation, and tenacity.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/search.jsp?mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN&srchTerms=0375705856 (591 words)

	Plainsong (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plainsong, the body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church.
		Plainsong, the former name for Emu Music, a Christian music publishing company in Australia.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plainsong_(disambiguation) (120 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Plainsong - Kent Haruf - Paperback - First Edition
		Haruf himself must be surprised, but not that surprised: A professor at Southern Illinois University and an honest-to-goodness son of a preacher, Haruf is so adept at capturing the heart of an innocent side of America that it's hard to believe anyone wouldn't be affected by his work.
		I thought that Plainsong was a good book, although i did think that it was a little graphic and had to many swear words.
		Plainsong, accurately named, is one of the most wonderful novels I have read.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=YG2Iz5JCck&isbn=0375705856&itm=1 (1964 words)

	plainsong -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Plainchant, or plainsong, is also known as Gregorian chant and forms the core of the musical repertoire of the Roman Catholic Church.
		This form of monody, which was written for use in the rites of the Roman Catholic church, is melodically simple and austere.
		Although choirs existed in Europe throughout the Middle Ages, their role was restricted to unison performances of plainsong.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060290 (610 words)

	Plainsong - Kent Haruf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		This unique novel about a small town in Colorado is written in a very simple, to the point manner, but at the same time creates such a vivid image of the small town of Holt and its characters that I fell in immediately and then was swept away.
		Plainsong is a combination of several lonely people who want new direction in their lives and end up needing each other.
		Tom Guthrie, a high school teacher, struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise two children alone while his sons, Ike and Bobby, try to cope with their own feelings of abandonment and sadness.
	www.unb.ca /web/bruns/0001/issue18/entertainment/book1.html (247 words)

	Plainsong by Kent Haruf : Booksamillion.com (0375406182, Hardcover) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		As the milieu widens to embrace fully four generations, Kent Haruf displays an emotional and aesthetic authority to rival the past masters of a classic American tradition.
		Utterly true to the rhythms and patterns of life, Plainsong is a novel to care about, believe in, and learn from.
		Holt, Colorado, the setting of Plainsong, is a lonesome kind of place.
	www.booksamillion.com /ncom/books?pid=0375406182 (364 words)

	plainsong. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Gregorian chant is named for Pope Gregory I, whose credited role in compiling liturgical books during his papacy (590–604) is now considered questionable.
		The tonality of Gregorian chant is based on the system of eight modes (see mode).
		The notation of the chant evolved into systems of neumes (see musical notation) that were still used in the 20th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pl/plainson.html (344 words)

	Plainsong - a review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		If Plainsong is in fact a revolutionary book, the locus of dissent may be in the author’s deeply grounded view about what matters, and about who matters, in contemporary America.
		What saves it is the hard-edged prose, as well as the girl’s convincing escape to Denver and the depiction of her brief, dreary existence with the child’s father there.
		Plainsong is a book to be savored: a good read, buoyed by fresh, compelling prose, characters who matter, and the successful evocation of an authentically American place.
	www.peacecorpswriters.org /pages/2000/0001/001rvplasng.html (651 words)

	eBay - Book: Plainsong (ISBN: 0694522880) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		The plot involves Tom Guthrie, whose wife leaves him with their two little boys; a young pregnant girl who is thrown out of her house by her mother; the elderly McPheron brothers who take her in; and Maggie Jones, Tom's kindhearted colleague.
		Plainsong is like a pot of vegetable soup.
		Plainsong is a beautifully written, interesting read with memorable characters set in small town America.
	product.ebay.com /Plainsong_ISBN_0694522880_W0QQfvcsZ1390QQsoprZ1815272 (710 words)

	USATODAY.com - Loving 'Plainsong' is all about family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		In Hallmark Hall of Fame's lovingly done Plainsong, families are pressured — and at times torn apart — and yet through sheer decency they prevail.
		The plain, sparse tone is set by the stark Utah landscapes (standing in for Colorado) and maintained by director Richard Pearce and a uniformly strong cast.
		Yet like all the main characters, the brothers aren't cold, they're simply "a little rusty when it comes to people." What Plainsong does is gently scrape away that rust, allowing these good men and women to connect in ways they never thought possible.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/reviews/2004-04-22-plainsong_x.htm (447 words)

	Plainsong - New Place Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Plainsong was formed in 1971 by Iain Matthews and Andy Roberts.
		Plainsong had been born, made an indelible mark on musical history and then disappeared.
		Fast forward twenty years: Iain and Andy decide that the time is right to revive Plainsong and recruit Mark Griffiths and Julian Dawson.
	www.eastcentralone.com /plainsong/plainsong.html (524 words)

	Chant Books
		Since it has been used for thirty years with the three year cycle of the new Roman Lectionary, it could be used in the same way in any denomination that has adopted a similar lectionary, such as The Revised Common Lectionary used in the Church of England.
		Francis Burgess (former Director of Music of the Association) produced The Plainchant Gradual, which was the propers of the mass in traditional language set to psalm tones, in modern notation.
		The Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society (PMMS) published several books of chant in English.
	www.beaufort.demon.co.uk /books.htm (2805 words)

	Plainsong : CureBase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Plainsong welcomes you to CureBase, probably the most precise and flexible Cure discography database on the Internet.
		From here, in a few seconds, you can find any song (famous or neglected) or any record (collectable or not) among The Cure’s official discography.
		You can also continue mailing us about new records or comments ; your messages won’t be lost.
	www.plainsong.net /curebase (113 words)

	Plainsong, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		While working on their follow-up, the more country oriented Plainsong III, Ronga quit and Matthews and Richards were unable to...
		While working on their follow-up, the more country oriented Plainsong III, Ronga quit and Matthews and Richards were unable to agree on the direction the band would take musically.
		In 1993, a revived interest in the band inspired a new studio album, Dark Side of the Room, as well as a BBC recording of a promotional tour from 1972.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11574/11574091.html (210 words)

	Plainsong
		The Hallmark Hall of Fame returns to Sunday night and to a sweetly gentle story, with their presentation of "Plainsong" on April 25.
		This moving story about a group of people who share each other's lives is one of the most enjoyable and touching presentations this famed series has had in a few years.
		It is Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Plainsong" and it airs on CBS, Sunday April 25 at 9PM.
	www.jackiekcooper.com /TVReviews/Plainsong.htm (344 words)

	MTV.com \| Movies \| Plainsong \| Plot
		New Jersey convincingly stands in for Nebraska in the independently produced Plainsong.
		The photography in Plainsong fluctuates between color and fl and white throughout.
		This might have been a stylistic choice--or, as in the case of A Man and A Woman (66), it might have been because the budget didn't allow for color film stock on certain shooting days.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/70508/plot.jhtml (155 words)

	The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society
		The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, founded in 1888, exists to promote the performance and study of liturgical chant and medieval polyphony, through the publication of editions, facsimiles and scholarly articles, and through educational and liaison events.
		Please note that this website is in a transitory phase; although the technical structure is in place, the visual design is being finalised.
		The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, Cleveland Lodge, Westhumble, Dorking RH5 6BW England Registered charity 297147
	www.plainsong.org.uk (162 words)

	S. Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Saint Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter was produced jointly by Western Rite Orthodox and traditional Anglican scholars and editors, and it may also be of interest to Roman Catholics (especially of the "Anglican Use") as well as by Protestants who appreciate the classic English biblical texts and the plainchant tradition.
		"Saint Dunstan's Plainsong Psalter is a handsomely published volume of quite traditional materials: the time-honored Coverdale psalter, canticles, preces and suffrages – everything necessary to chant the Daily Office in traditional language and plainchant.
		Perusal of this book unearths a number of real gems: tones and instructions for chanting the lessons and the collects of the office, many rare but beautiful psalm tones in simple and solemn forms, historical and practical text chapters, ornate invitatory antiphons, the traditional Marian anthems to conclude the office.
	www.andrewespress.com /dunstan.html (803 words)

	Search Results for plainsong - Encyclopædia Britannica
		style of 16th- and 17th-century English instrumental ensemble music based on the plainsong melody of the antiphon (a verse originally sung before and after a psalm in the Roman Catholic liturgy)...
		At the same time that the Gregorian repertory was being expanded by the interpolation of tropes and sequences, it was being further enriched by a revolutionary concept destined to give a new...
		Metrical hymn tune associated in common English usage with the...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=plainsong&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (343 words)

	Plainsong - Moviefone: MAIN
		Synopsis: New Jersey convincingly stands in for Nebraska in the independently produced Plainsong.
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