St. Gregory the Great, pope from 590 to 604, begins to establish a standardized Christian liturgy, including the plain-chant melodies ("Gregorian Chant").
Pope Gregory establishes the papal choir school (Schola Cantorum), which continues to the present day in Rome.
800
Charlemagne, king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans, continues the process, begun by Pope Gregory I, of regularizing the plainchant repertory.
c. 814
Following earlier suggestions by Emperor Charlemagne, the clergy begin to dramatize some of the important stories in church history, an effort.....
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