Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composer of measurable music.
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- adjective music Of or pertaining to
mensuralism
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Thus his assertion (Histoire de l'harmonie, c. ii, pp. 158-159) that the neums "have their origin in the accents of the Latin language", an assumption which became the basis for the so-called oratorical rhythm in plain chant, was disproved long ago by the mensuralist school of chant rhythm and, more recently, by the Rev.J. Thibaut in his work "Origine byzantine de la notation neumatique de l'église latine" (Paris, 1907).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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