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Books on: polyphony

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Journal Articles on: polyphony

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Magazine Articles on: polyphony

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Newspaper Articles on: polyphony

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    Puccini Love Story to Set Hearts a Flutter; Classical
    Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), February 15, 2008
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...vocal pieces to perform. The concert is called Super Size Polyphony and the idea is that you dont need to go to the cinema to...But after a few hours, the fear turns to fun. Super Size Polyphony will be performed at St Marys Church, Warwick, next Saturday...
     
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    Exploring J.S. Bach's Magic
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 27, 2009
    Subjects: 
    Musicians
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...cannot stack the notes vertically and pull off his trademark polyphony? He does it by creating implied harmony He hints at it...harmony. He removes as many notes as possible to strip the polyphony down to its bare essentials and let the listener fill in the...
     
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    Culture: Futureheads Return Home for Secret Pub Gig
    Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), May 5, 2008
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...aspect of The Futureheads music has always been the playful polyphony of the vocal lines shared between the band - nowhere more...aspect of The Futureheads music has always been the playful polyphony of the vocal lines shared between the band - nowhere more...
     
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    CULTURE:: Polyphonic Spree; It's a Nice Opportunity to Get Someone Famous, and All They Have to Do Is Read a Poem Renaissance Vocal Group the Tallis Scholars
    Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 19, 2006
    Subjects: 
    Redgrave, Vanessa, Taverner, John
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...composers who come chronologically between two giants of Flemish polyphony, Josquin and Lassus. "Theres a bit of a gap between Josquin...Tallis Scholars Phillips has seen the interest in Renaisance polyphony expand considerably, and the groups live performances and...
     
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    Stephen Pettitt's Pick of the Week; Classical
    Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 24, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Schnittke Archive. Wed 30 Mar, Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, W1 (020-7935 2141). POLYPHONY/AAM/LAYTON Stephen Layton conducts the choir Polyphony and the Academy Of Ancient Music, with a strong team of soloists in Emma Kirkby, James...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: polyphony

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    Polyphony
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    POLYPHONY p lif ne, music whose texture is formed...melodic line (e.g., plainsong ). Polyphony grew out of the practice of organum...countermelody, culminating in the great age of polyphony in the 15th and 16th cent. In the music...
     
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    Treble
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...voice of a boy or a girl. The term appeared in 15th-century English polyphony, probably as an anglicization of the Latin triplum, the name given in medieval polyphony to the part that was often the highest (see motet ). The treble clef...
     
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    Baroque , in Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...beginnings were in the late 16th-century revolt against polyphony that gave rise to the accompanied recitative and to opera...in ensemble music throughout the baroque era. Renaissance polyphony persisted, however, being called the stile antico and considered...
     
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    African Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...drums. The remarkable aspect of African polyrhythm is the discernible coherence of the resultant rhythmic pattern. Pitch polyphony exists in the form of parallel intervals (generally thirds, fourths, and fifths), overlapping choral antiphony and solo...
     
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    Harmony
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...basic elements of modern music harmony, melody, rhythm, and tone quality or timbre. The polyphonic superposition (see polyphony ; counterpoint ) of horizontal melodic lines prevailed until the 16th cent., when the vertical or harmonic construction...
     

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