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Definition of Polyphonic music
1. Noun. Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
Generic synonyms: Music
Specialized synonyms: Counterpoint
Antonyms: Monophonic Music, Monophony
Derivative terms: Polyphonous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphonic Music
Literary usage of Polyphonic music
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The second stage of musical development is the polyphonic music of the middle
... polyphonic music proper was its issue. Different voices, each proceeding ..."
2. The Study of the History of Music: With an Annotated Guide to Music Literature by Edward Dickinson (1908)
"... VI BEGINNINGS OF polyphonic music • POPULAR MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES THE music
of the Christian church has passed through three great typical phases, ..."
3. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"THE polyphonic music OF BACH. WE have seen in the last chapter some typical
examples of folk-songs, which have served to give us an impression of folk-music ..."
4. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"THE polyphonic music OF BACH, WE have seen in the last chapter some typical
examples of folk-songs, which have served to give us an impression of folk-music ..."
5. The Appreciation of Music by Daniel Gregory Mason, Thomas Whitney Surette (1907)
"THE polyphonic music OF BACH. WE have seen in the last chapter some typical
examples of folk-songs, which have served to give us an impression of ..."
6. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"polyphonic music, whether in masses or in madrigals, had been, as we have seen,
the glory of the Gallo- Belgian School ; but when once the monodic system ..."
7. Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding (1920)
"We are now prepared to explain the characteristics of polyphonic music and then
to analyze some typical examples from Bach and other polyphonic composers. ..."
8. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1910)
"CHAPTER XVII THE MASS (CONTINUED) The Decline of polyphonic music—Rules for
Performance in the Sistine Chapel—Ceremonial of the Solemn Mass ..."
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