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polyphony


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyphony  \Po*lyph"o*ny\,  n.  [Gr.  ?.] 
  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  them  contrapuntal 
  composition;  --  opposed  to  homophony,  in  which  the  melody 
  is  given  to  one  part  only,  the  others  filling  out  the 
  harmony.  See  {Counterpoint}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polyphony 
  n  :  music  arranged  in  parts  for  several  voices  or  instruments 
  [syn:  {polyphonic  music},  {concerted  music}] 




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