tonus peregrinus

English translation: wandering tone

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Latin term or phrase:tonus peregrinus
English translation:wandering tone
Entered by: Vicky Papaprodromou

21:26 Oct 27, 2004
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Latin term or phrase: tonus peregrinus
it is in regards to music in 1705
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wandering tone
Explanation:
Tonus peregrinus



[Lat., wandering tone]


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A Medieval term for an "irregular" psalm tone. This is a psalm in which the tenor changes in pitch.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Tonusperegrinu...
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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3 +6wandering tone
Vicky Papaprodromou
4 +1tonus peregrinus
Chris Rowson (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
wandering tone


Explanation:
Tonus peregrinus



[Lat., wandering tone]


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A Medieval term for an "irregular" psalm tone. This is a psalm in which the tenor changes in pitch.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Tonusperegrinu...

Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
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agree  verbis
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agree  Will Matter: English cognates are "tone" and "peregrinate" so i agree.
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  danya: peregrinating)))
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agree  Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tonus peregrinus


Explanation:
Vicki´s answer is quite right as a translation, but I thought I would add a little more. The dictionary definitions of “tonus peregrinus” are perfectly correct, but it is more than just an item in the dictionary: it is actually still practiced, even in the 21st C, in the form of Anglican chant. It has developed somewhat from the forms of the 9th century, but the modern form may not be much different from the forms of 1705, depending what region and religious group your context concerns.

I would actually not translate it, the term “tonus peregrinus” is still used in technical discussions of Anglican chant.


    Reference: http://www.ccel.org/cceh/chant/
    Reference: http://www.chamberchorus.org/seasons/42.html
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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