Ambrosian chant


the liturgical chant, established by saint ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing.
historical examples

the “ambrosian chant” was the antiphonal plain-song arranged and systematized to statelier effect in choral symphony.
the story of the hymns and tunes theron brown and hezekiah b-tterworth

he introduced the ambrosian chant, a mode of singing more monotonous than the gregorian, which superseded it.
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