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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
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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