2. Noun. (music) The principal voice. ¹
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Definition of Cantus
1. a style of church music [n CANTUS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantus
Literary usage of Cantus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"Short vocal composition or instrumental passage in song style; cantus firmus ...
cantus Mensurabilis. L. Measured song. The practice of dividing music into ..."
2. A Manual of Simple, Double, Triple and Quadruple Counterpoint by Salomon Jadassohn (1897)
"Formerly one allowed 2, 3, 4, 6, even 8 notes to one of the cantus firmus, and
practised this — at the beginning — by adding one florid part only. ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"cantus Coronatus. L. Melody progressing by consonances and accompanied by ...
cantus Mensurabilis. L. Measured song. The practice of dividing music into ..."
4. A Manual of Harmony by Salomon Jadassohn (1893)
"Employment of Chords in Accompanying a cantus Firmus in Four-part Writing. §61.
... We call this predominant melody the cantus firmus (Italian canto ..."
5. Treatise on Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple Counterpoint by Salomon Jadassohn (1887)
"cantus firmas in the Tenor CHAPTER П. Unequal Counterpoint. § 4. In equal
counterpoint, the parts can only progress independently, with respect to melody ..."
6. Thoughts on the Origin and Descent of the Gael: With an Account of the Picts by James Grant (1814)
"cantus. CARMEN, in general, signifies a song or odd, The Roman philologists are
at a loss about ... Both carmen and cantus are derived from Gaelic vocables. ..."
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