Are gregorian chants so old that they cant tell who wrote them?
Gregorian chant is an important sort of religious song called “plainchant.” The Roman Catholic Church uses this music. When people sing plainchant, they all sing the same music (unison). Sometimes a second part was added. This was called “organum”. Quite often the organum has the same shape as the melody, but it is an interval of a fourth or fifth below. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, but people wrote new songs and changed the old ones later. Many people believe an old story, which says that Pope Gregory the Great wrote the songs. Most people who study the history of music believe that kings such as Charlemagne brought music from Rome to their kingdoms in France and Germany. When Charlemagne’s people sang these songs, they changed the songs. This new music became Gregorian chant. Usually men and boys sang Gregorian chant in churches, and holy women and men sang Gregorian chants in their daily prayers. In Roman Catholic
