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Definition of Faburden
1. n. A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Definition of Faburden
1. Noun. (music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass. ¹
2. Noun. (music) A succession of chords of the sixth. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A monotonous refrain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faburden
1. a harmony [n -S] - See also: harmony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faburden
Literary usage of Faburden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"CHAPTER III COUNTERPOINT Origin—Organum and faburden—Bach—Trend of Modern ...
Certain it is that when the organum and- the faburden, the harbingers of ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"Certain it is that when the organum and the faburden, the harbingers of counterpoint,
first made themselves felt in the musical world, Paris was the center ..."
3. A Concise History of Music: From the Commencement of the Christian Era to by Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1901)
"... moving, for the most part, in thirds or sixths. The following fragment of an
example given by Morley will best show the nature of the faburden:— Ex. 17. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It was preceded by faburden (the singing of a single note or drone throughout a
given melody), and this latter term was retained with a wider contrapuntal ..."
5. A Complete History of Music, for Schools, Clubs, and Private Readings by Winton James Baltzell (1905)
"... attempts are faburden or ... faburden consisted of singing a melody while
another voice sang a drone accompaniment below it ..."
6. The Reliquary (1876)
""As to Chilston, he seems to have been the author of three distinct treatises ;
the first on Descant, the second on faburden, and the third on the ..."
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