- plain song
- [ʹpleınsɒŋ]
1. муз. кантус фирмус2. простая мелодия
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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