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Definition of Diaphony
1. Noun. (music) A primitive form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diaphony
1. organum [n -NIES] - See also: organum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaphony
Literary usage of Diaphony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"... of Saint-Amand (an enthusiastic musician, evidently) was called diaphony or
organum ; in our time the word cacophony would seem more appropriate. ..."
2. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1895)
"In the tenth century lived a Flemish monk named Hucbald, who showed that a melody
could be accompanied in several ways, which were called diaphony or ..."
3. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1879)
"In the tenth century lived a Flemish monk named Hucbald, who showed that a melody
could be accompanied in several ways, which were called diaphony or ..."
4. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... but Discant is never called diaphony, though the latter is si times called
Discant. The primitive mode of making a Dif is described by Egidius de Murino ..."
5. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1901)
"We may note, for instance, that the old strict forms of composite diaphony were
evidently still held in some esteem, for Guido mentions three as in use in ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1861)
"He applies the term diaphony to the harmonious singing of dissimilar sounds heard
... Two species of diaphony are distinguished. In the first, the melody is ..."
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