The Accompaniment of Plainchant (Oldroyd, George)

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Publisher. Info. London: J. Curwen & Sons, 1924.
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Publisher. Info. London: J. Curwen & Sons, 1924.
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Work Title The Accompaniment of Plainchant
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Composer Oldroyd, George
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGO 14
First Publication. 1924
Dedication Sir Richard R. Terry
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation organ (examples also have vocal parts, but the examples themselves are not complete plainchants)

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Part theoretical, and part practical, this is a guide for organists who accompany church singers in plainchant. The theoretical part comes in because the organist has to know the modes thoroughly enough to not insert wrong accidentals.