1) Bronze sculpture in Wisconsin 2) Cambridge choir 3) Concerted music 4) Music 5) Polyphonic music
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1) Contrapuntal 2) Counterpoint
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In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). Within the context of the Western musical tradition, the term is usually used to refer to music of the late Middle Ages ...
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[Russian Orthodox liturgy] In Russian Orthodox liturgy of 16th-18th centuries, polyphony (многогласие, mnogoglasiye, literally `many-voicing`), sometimes polyvocality, was a tradition to perform several parts of the church service in the same place at the same time, in particular, to sing several different chants simultaneously, ...
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[Weiner] Polyphony is a public artwork by Austrian artist Egon Weiner located on the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus, which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. This sculpture is one of two Polyphony sculptures made by Egon Weiner; Polyphony is a much larger version of Polyphony II. These bronze sculptures are made up of ge...
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[literature] In literature, polyphony (полифония) is a feature of narrative, which includes a diversity of points of view and voices. The concept was introduced by Mikhail Bakhtin, based on the musical concept polyphony. Bakhtin claimed that polyphony and heteroglossia are the defining features of the novel as a literary genre. For...
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• (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo. • (n.) Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign. • (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one pa...
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(from the article `cuneiform`) ...related notions with different names (e.g., `sun,` `day,` `bright`), it was capable of assuming more than one phonetic value (this feature is ...
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in music, strictly speaking, any music in which two or more tones sound simultaneously (the term derives from the Greek word for `many sounds`); ... [30 related articles]
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Derivative from the Greek term meaning variety of tones, it is the number of notes which can be played simultaneously. Any synthesizer has a maximum polyphony which cannot be exceeded. If the polyphony is exceeded, MIDI data will drop out from MIDI channels used near the end of the sequence
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The number of voices (notes) a device can produce simultaneously.
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Po·lyph'o·ny noun [ Greek ....]
1. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
2. Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
3. (Mus.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among the...
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In music a polyphony is a composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them as opposed to a homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony.
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Polyphony is a form of musical texture with several interdependent, overlapping melodic lines.
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n] - music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
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polyphony 1. The simultaneous combination of a number of parts, each forming an individual melody, and harmonizing with each other; the style of composition in which the parts are so combined; polyphonic composition; counterpoint. 2. The symbolization of different vocal sounds by the same letter or character; the fact or quality of being polyphonic...
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Greek term for “many sounds”; interweaving a number of melodic lines or parts; polyphonic is texture in which two or more melodies sound at the same time.
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polyphonic music noun music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
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In music, when two or more lines of melody combine so that they fit well together. Counterpoint is another word that has a similar meaning. Polyphony is also the ability of a synthesizer to play more than one note at a time. If the synthesizer can produce more than one type of sound – for example, a flute and a guitar – simultaneously, it...
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Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
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music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
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