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(rare, archaic) A style of singing, especially of sacred music, cultivated from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, centered on Paris, and derived from the Gallican ritual; in this style vocal lines are decorated with improvised ornamentation, and differentiated from each other in a polyphonic composition also by tone color..
A similar practice in French cathedrals, called machicotage, is documented from 1391 through at least the eighteenth century.
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Machicotage means (rare, archaic) A style of singing, especially of sacred music, cultivated from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, centered on Paris, and derived from the Gallican ritual; in this style vocal lines are decorated with improvised ornamentation, and differentiated from each other in a polyphonic composition also by tone color..
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A similar practice in French cathedrals, called machicotage, is documented from 1391 through at least the eighteenth century.
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