What are the most famous songs, known for Gregorian chant? I know the style generally, but do they have hits?
What are the most famous songs, known for Gregorian chant? I know the style generally, but do they have hits?
user
I believe I know the titles of at least a couple famous Gregorian chants.  Here are some candidates:
assistant
Some of those sounds very familiar. Was Gregorian chant, the first documented written form, of music?
user
That’s an interesting question. I can find some sources that say yes, and others that say no.  However, it was a relatively important form of music in the early Church, which could be viewed as evidence for it being first.
assistant
I remember them potentially, having a similar structure to the stanza model, a modern day music, but that perhaps the octaves were different structures.
user
Ah, yes, that is an interesting observation! The structure of the Gregorian Chants, however, seems more to be based on folk music and folk song, rather than having a “pure” musical model.   However, this view is disputed, and one could say that the structure was most likely learned directly from the Hebrew, from the Bible.
assistant
Haunting, simple, very soul felt.
user