plainsong

body of monophonic chants used in the liturgies of the Western Christian Church
Intangible music_genre Q2707688
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plainsong

Summary

plainsong is a music genre[1]. plainsong draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #406 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • plainsong's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • plainsong's instance of is recorded as song type[4].
  • plainsong's subclass of is recorded as chant[5].
  • plainsong's subclass of is recorded as Christian song[6].
  • plainsong's subclass of is recorded as church music[7].
  • plainsong's Commons category is recorded as Cantus planus[8].
  • plainsong's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 79584[9].
  • plainsong's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hclc[10].
  • plainsong's facet of is recorded as Christian liturgy[11].
  • plainsong's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • plainsong's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/plainsong-music[13].
  • plainsong's FAST ID is recorded as 947816[14].
  • plainsong's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as plain-chant[15].
  • plainsong's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 12144a[16].
  • plainsong's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as plainsong[17].
  • plainsong's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as f1934903-1841-42bf-90e7-302359efeb30[18].
  • plainsong's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as plainsong[19].
  • plainsong's Discogs style ID is recorded as plainchant[20].

Why It Matters

plainsong draws 161 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #406 of 1,946).[2] plainsong has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] plainsong is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). plainsong. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plainsong
MLA “plainsong.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/plainsong.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_plainsong_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{plainsong}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/plainsong}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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