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Definition of Monody
1. Noun. Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).
Generic synonyms: Music
Derivative terms: Monodical, Monophonic
Antonyms: Polyphonic Music, Polyphony
Definition of Monody
1. n. A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
Definition of Monody
1. Noun. An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. ¹
2. Noun. Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy. ¹
3. Noun. A monotonous or mournful noise. ¹
4. Noun. (music) A composition having a single melodic line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monody
1. an elegy performed by one person [n -DIES] : MONODIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monody
Literary usage of Monody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of by Robert Chambers (1844)
"Gray has praised his monody on his wife's ... [From the monody.] In vain I look
around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ..."
2. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1918)
"monody FOR AUGUSTIN DALY. Long he slumbers: will he waken, greeting, as he used
to do, With his kindly, playful smile, his old companions, me and you? ..."
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