Ah, I see now.
The Ravenscroft is a verse setting of TD, and the tenor 'playnsong' seems not to be plainsong at all but a metrical tune which I cannot otherwise identify by name. What do you think?
That phrase is simply an antiquated way of indicating "Melody in the Tenor" voice. It has nothing to do with "plainsong" as we know it ... except, possibly (or even probably), that the melody in the Tenor is a stand-alone melody that might (could) have been sung by itself, without harmonization."TENOR or Playnsong", including such well-known tunes as OLD HUNDREDTH, which is certainly not what we would call plainsong/chant, either Roman, Sarum or Otherwise.
the Tenor is a stand-alone melody that might (could) have been sung by itself, without harmonization.
I'm amazed at how a youtube item is transferred to a blue word on one of our forum's threads. Just how is this done?
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