Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.

Anglican chant is a way to sing unmetrical texts such as prose translations of the psalms canticles and other similar biblical texts by matching the natural speech-rhythm of the words in each verse to a short piece of metrical music. It may be described as harmonised recitative.

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