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Definition of Counterpointing
1. counterpoint [v] - See also: counterpoint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpointing
Literary usage of Counterpointing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhythm, Music and Education by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"... and in counterpointing the simplest melodies with gestures in time—and how
resistances of every kind impede the free play of their instinctive rhythmic ..."
2. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"... him a perfect ballad-writer as compared with the more scientific counterpointing
of Charles Keene. And I would remark- that it was above all as a pencil ..."
3. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"Observe that these intervals are used in counterpointing the tones b andy in C
major, — the 7th and 4th scale-steps. Observe, further, that the augmented ..."
4. The Primary Synopsis of Universology and Alwato: The New Scientific by Stephen Pearl Andrews (1871)
"... The Abstract Alternating or counterpointing Distributive Domain; (cf. Eng.
each.) Thau,io, (thah-oo-ee-o), The Abstract Pivotal, ..."
5. The Musical World (1858)
"Your music has but three notes— LSD—and they are only engaged in counterpointing."
If our foreigner carried these crotchets abroad, we are indebted to Lord ..."
6. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"... i_ As examples for practice in counterpointing a cantus firmus, we may, in
general, use any that occur in Treatises on Thorough-base. DIVISION II. ..."
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