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Words related to contrapuntal

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  • chorale prelude

    a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations

  • fugue

    Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.

  • honky-tonk

    a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall.

  • madrigal

    a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  • musica ficta

    the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.

  • plainsong

    the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
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