Beneventan Chants (Beneventán liturgikus énekek)

Beneventan chant is a regional liturgical plainchant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church cultivated in Southern Italy, especially around Benevento and the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino. Distinct from, yet related to other Western plainchant families, it stands apart from Gregorian chant and shows affinities with Ambrosian and Old Roman traditions. Its melodies are noted for their length, extensive use of formulaic repetition, and a steady, undulating contour that serves the delivery of Latin liturgical texts. Officially supplanted by standardized Gregorian chant in the 11th century, Beneventan chant survives through manuscripts and a small number of pieces that persisted locally. Today it is studied and performed chiefly within early music and liturgical music scholarship and reconstruction.