The English Plainchant Revival (review)

Abstract

Of the many forms of church music that the author could have singled out for the kind of scholarly assessment that is found in this present volume, the author chose one of the simplest as well as one of the most ancient and widely-used forms in the history of church music, namely, plainchant. In Roman Catholic church music history, this music is also known as Gregorian Chant, thereby identifying it with the name of Pope Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604), a name that has been traditionally associated with the Latin liturgy of the early Roman Catholic Church.