Gregorian chant vs. Gothic chant?

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Is there a difference between gothic chants and gregorian? And are gothic chants somehow bad, if they are different?
 
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Is there a difference between gothic chants and gregorian? And are gothic chants somehow bad, if they are different?
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Why in the world would Gothic chant be bad at all?

They are different, Gothic dates to the medieval period and has its own style, notably, organum, i.e. multiple voices which makes the chant a harmony. Gregorian does not do that; there are no harmonies in Gregorian.

I’m sure there are other differences but I’m not a music theorist. I can just imagine Gothic chant rising within a Gothic cathedral or abbey. It probably would have been an amazing experience.
 
Heard of Gregorian, not Gothic but curious, someone please post more.
 
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Is there a difference between gothic chants and gregorian? And are gothic chants somehow bad, if they are different?
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No, not at all.

The links porthos gave aren’t strictly ‘chant’ but more like polyphony - medieval French polyphony (the Notre Dame school).

In the Middle Ages, most of Western Europe used the Roman Rite, but they didn’t use the exact same form of it. Each locality - in a number of cases even each diocese - had what was called a ‘use’, or a kind of local variation on the Roman Rite. For example, in medieval England you had the Use of Sarum used in Salisbury and neighboring areas, in medieval Germany you had the Use of Cologne used in Cologne (Köln), etc. The differences are mainly on stuff like the calendar, on a number of rubrics and ceremonials, and even on a few prayers within the Mass such as the prayers at the foot of the altar or the Offertory.

The difference could extend to the music used: different uses each had their own variation on Gregorian chant. So the Sarum Rite had Sarum Chant.
 
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