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discant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | descant |
| Type of | accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment, support |
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The practice of discant over a cantus firmus marked the beginnings of counterpoint in Western music.
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Forms of sacred music which developed during the late 13th century included the motet, conductus, discant, and clausulae.
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As soon as the chant uses ligatures, the tenor becomes modal and it will have become discant, which is the second form.
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The various songs were divided into three strophes, and each strophe was divided into two Stollen and a discant or Abgesang.
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He united this style with measured discant passages, which used the rhythmic modes to create the pinnacle of organum composition.
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The motet evolved from the Notre Dame school when upper-register voices were added to discant sections, usually strophic interludes, in a longer sequence of organum.
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In turn, the motellus gave birth to the motet which is a poly-textual piece in discant, which obviously sparked a lot a creativity as it soon became a prolific form of composition.
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Usually the discant representing a strophic sequence in Latin which was sung as a descant over a cantus firmus, which typically was a Gregorian chant fragment with different words from the descant.
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Usually the clausula represented a strophic sequence in Latin which was sung as a discant over a cantus firmus, which typically was a plainchant fragment with different words from the discant.
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- Descant: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- Discant (meaning "singing apart") was a style of liturgical setting in the Middle Ages, associated with the development of the Notre Dame school of polyphony. It is a style of organum that includes a plainchant tenor part, with a "note against note" upper voice, moving in contrary motion. ...
