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Definition of Polyphony
1. Noun. Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
Generic synonyms: Music
Specialized synonyms: Counterpoint
Antonyms: Monophonic Music, Monophony
Derivative terms: Polyphonous
Definition of Polyphony
1. n. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
Definition of Polyphony
1. Noun. (music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyphony
1. [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphony
Literary usage of Polyphony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1901)
"... might well be the first steps in the process of evolution. The first sign of
a direct advance towards polyphony is to be found among the ..."
2. The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1915)
"WE have already discussed the origins of polyphony and the condition of secular
popular music in the dim periods of the Middle Ages. ..."
3. A Popular History of the Art of Music: From the Earliest Times Until the Present by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1891)
"THE RISE OF polyphony. OLD FRENCH AND GALLO-BELGIC SCHOOLS. I. E here enter upon
one of the most interesting and important chapters in the history of music. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... is diametrically opposed to the Gregorian chant and classic polyphony, and
therefore to the most important law of all good music. ..."
5. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"No other master employs the device of transposition quite so freely, or so
effectively, as does Schubert. 168. a. polyphony, in the Larger Forms. ..."
6. Familiar Talks on the History of Music by Arnold Johann Gantvoort (1913)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCAL polyphony. IN our consideration of popular music in the
... We shall now trace the growth of this new art of vocal polyphony, ..."
7. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1902)
"Review the definition of polyphony given in the Introductory Statement (page 1).
... For this reason 3-voice polyphony exhibits a much more evident harmonic ..."
8. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1902)
"Review the definition of polyphony given in the Introductory Statement (page i).
... For this reason 3-voice polyphony exhibits a much more evident harmonic ..."
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