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Definition of Polyrhythmic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyrhythmic
Literary usage of Polyrhythmic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"... a 'polyrhythmic' cast of music—the simultaneous existence of different rhythms
in different parts ; and thirdly the peculiarity of the melodies being ..."
2. Rhythm, Music and Education by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"polyrhythmic. To create in him the sense of simultaneous rhythms, it is indispensable
that he should be made to execute, by means of different limbs, ..."
3. Music (1897)
"... or polyrhythmic, a single form of measure or mixed varieties of measure. C.
Principal Characteristic Traits in the Domain of Structure. 1. ..."
4. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"... The Beloved was by far the best as it was the most original: a daring and
almost successful novel in " polyrhythmic " verse. Oppenheim, however, was not ..."
5. The New Era in American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1919)
"... The Beloved was by far the best as it was the most original: a daring and
almost successful novel in " polyrhythmic " verse. Oppenheim, however, was not ..."
6. Suum Cuique: Essays in Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1916)
"Furthermore, his music is not at all polyrhythmic, and therein he differs in
principle from MacDowell. Indeed, it is difficult to become accustomed to his ..."
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