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 Butterworth

He introduced the Ambrosian chant, a mode of singing more monotonous than the Gregorian, which superseded it.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 Various

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