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First Publication | 1924 |
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Genre Categories | Music theory; Writings; Plainchant; |
Work Title | The Accompaniment of Plainchant |
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Composer | Oldroyd, George |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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) |
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.