Definition of polyphonies Polyphonies

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What does polyphonies mean?

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Plural: polyphonies

polyphony - music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
  polyphonic music, concerted music
  monody, monophonic music, monophony music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
  music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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  • polyphony (n.)
    Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
  • polyphony (n.)
    Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
  • polyphony (n.)
    Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.

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  • polyphony
    A musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, which was particularly popular during the Renaissance period.

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