Definition of Descanter

1. n. One who descants.

Definition of Descanter

1. Noun. One who descants. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Descanter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descanter

desaturation
desaturations
desault dislocation
desautelsite
descabello
descabellos
descale
descaled
descaler
descalers
descales
descaling
descant
descant on
descanted
descanter (current term)
descanters
descanting
descants
descarga
descemet's membrane
descemetitis
descemetocele
descend
descendable
descendant
descendants
descended
descendence
descendences

Literary usage of Descanter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Early Books on Music (before 1800) by Julia Gregory, Library of Congress Music Division, Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1913)
"... and to sing two parts in one vpon a plain- song or ground, with other things necessary for a descanter. The third and last part ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to males or females: vocalist (rare), voice, songster; spec. descanter (rare), chanter (chiefly poetic), melodist (rare), warbler, caroler, ..."

3. Trouvères and Troubadours: A Popular Treatise by Pierre Aubry (1914)
"... (descanter)—writes a melodic development: this is organum duplum. The addition of another part above makes organum triplum, and quadruplum when ..."

4. Shakespeare in Music: A Collation of the Chief Musical Allusions in the by Louis Charles Elson (1901)
"... and to sing two parts in one upon a plain song or Ground, with other things for a descanter," ..."

5. English church composers by William Alexander Barrett (1882)
"The second teacheth of des- cante and to sing tivo parts in one upon a plain song or ground, with other things necessary for a descanter. ..."

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