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Definition of Polyphonous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characterized by polyphony. "Polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
Category relationships: Music
Partainyms: Polyphony, Polyphony
Derivative terms: Polyphony
Definition of Polyphonous
1. a. Same as Polyphonic.
Definition of Polyphonous
1. Adjective. polyphonic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyphonous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphonous
Literary usage of Polyphonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"The second epoch of musical development is that of the timi of music . , . .
, , . il- polyphonous music of the middle ages, which originated in, ..."
2. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"All contrapuntal music is polyphonous, its very name implying a ... When polyphonous
music has an accompaniment, the voices carrying the melodies should ..."
3. The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century by Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1911)
"I think it would be an apt comparison to say of an engraving of Dürer or of a
Medician tomb by Michael Angelo, that they were polyphonous works in contrast ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1887)
"In the first place they are never polyphonous (except in "enigmatic writing")
during the classic period of hieroglyphics; when their use was confined to a ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"... polyphonous music of which Palestrina was the great name, and asks who, ...
this and the early Italian school—between polyphonous melody plus rhythm and ..."
6. The Atlantis by Dublin University College (1862)
"which contain the " ambiguous" or polyphonous hieroglyphs, de Sacy says ...
in which polyphonous characters were certainly admitted, and which might ..."
7. Proceedings by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England), Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England). (1887)
"It will, however, be urged that these signs may be, and in fact are, polyphonous,
and that though they may stand for ^ in Sebastos, ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... a soon as they came to appeal to the ear as. well as to.the eye, were necessarily
polyphonous. A' further step in advance was now taken. ..."
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