chants

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Scope note
Religious or contemplative songs of a particular type; may be monophonic and more or less extended (as Gregorian chant: see Gregorian, or else short and formulaic, usually harmonized, and adjusted to the syllables of a prose text.
chants
Accepted term: 06-May-2024