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Mozarabic chant

Mozarabic chant is a music genre in the 6th century. It is usually classed as a form of plainsong and Spanish classical music. Explore key artists and related styles.

About Mozarabic chant

Mozarabic chant is a music genre in the 6th century. It is usually classed as a form of plainsong and Spanish classical music.

From Wikipedia

Mozarabic chant (also known as the Hispanic chant, Old Hispanic chant, Old Spanish chant, or Visigothic chant) is the liturgical plainchant repertory of the Mozarabic rite of the Catholic Church, related to the Gregorian chant. It is primarily associated with Hispania under Visigothic rule and later with the Mozarabs (Hispanic Christians living under Islamic rule) and was replaced by the chant of the Roman rite following the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Although its original medieval form is largely lost, a few chants have survived with readable musical notation, and the chanted rite was later revived in altered form and continues to be used in a few isolated locations in Spain, primarily in Toledo.

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What is Mozarabic chant?

Mozarabic chant is a music genre in the 6th century. It is usually classed as a form of plainsong and Spanish classical music.

Where and when did Mozarabic chant originate?

Mozarabic chant originated in the 6th century.

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