Pablo Massa writes:

>It's probable that gregorian chant was *always* sung with some
>kind of improvised polyphonic ornament.

I am sorry, but this suggestion is quite untenable.  Practice of polyphony
may well predate its first mention or notation by quite some time, but the
idea that it was the norm (let alone *always*) contradicts all available
evidence.

Todd McComb
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