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Polyphonic   Listen
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Polyphonic  adj.  
1.
Having a multiplicity of sounds.
2.
Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
3.
(Mus.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; opposed to homophonic, or monodic.





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"Polyphonic" Quotes from Famous Books



... Captain Cooke and the madrigal writers. These last, however, mainly used contrivances adapted from sacred music. Some really beautiful madrigals exist, but Purcell could have done almost if not quite as well without them. During this period the old style of polyphonic music went out and the new came in. To understand the change, I beg the reader to refrain from impatience under the infliction of a few technicalities; they are a regrettable but ...
— Purcell • John F. Runciman
... free development of the pure musical conception, just as in psychical life the obtrusive entrance of ideas linked by association may hinder the full fruition of some emotional state. Nevertheless, in spite of this possible drawback, it may be doubted if the higher forms of polyphonic composition fall so very far short of the symphony in capability of giving full elaboration to the musical idea. The practical testimony of Beethoven, in his Ninth Symphony, is decidedly ...
— The Unseen World and Other Essays • John Fiske


Words linked to "Polyphonic" :   music, monophonic, polyphony, polyphonic prose, linguistics, polyphonic music, polyphonic letter, contrapuntal, polyphonous


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