- six-voice texture
- шестиголосие
English-Russian musical dictionary. 2014.
English-Russian musical dictionary. 2014.
canzonet — /kan zeuh net /, n. an early polyphonic song of dancelike character. [1585 95; < It canzonetta. See CANZONE, ETTE] * * * ▪ vocal music also called canzonetta , Italian canzonetta , Italian plural canzonette form of 16th century (c. 1565 … Universalium
choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… … Universalium
Josquin des Prez — 1611 woodcut of Josquin des Prez, copied from a now lost oil painting done during his lifetime[1] Josquin des Prez [Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez] (French pronunciation: [ʒɔskɛ̃ depʁe]; c. 1450 to 1455 – 27 August 1521), often referred to… … Wikipedia
Madrigal (music) — A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three… … Wikipedia
György Ligeti — Infobox Musical artist Name = György Ligeti Img capt = Img size = 300px Landscape = Background = non performing personnel Birth name = György Sándor Ligeti Alias = Born = birth date|mf=yes|1923|5|28|mf=y Târnăveni, Romania Died = death date and… … Wikipedia
Nicolas Gombert — (c. 1495 – c. 1560)[1] was a Franco Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous and influential composers between Josquin des Prez and Palestrina, and best represents the fully developed, complex polyphonic style of this… … Wikipedia
Pierre de La Rue — (c. 1452 ndash; November 20, 1518), called Piersson, was a Franco Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. A member of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, and a long associate of the Habsburg Burgundian musical chapel, he ranks with… … Wikipedia
Polyphony (instrument) — This article is about a feature of electronic instruments. For the musical texture, see Polyphony. Polyphony is a property of musical instruments, meaning they can play multiple notes simultaneously. Instruments featuring polyphony are said to be … Wikipedia
Fugue — A composition or a significant, self contained portion of a larger composition, based entirely on imitation. The subject is announced unaccompanied: Most commonly, a single subject and its countersubject provide all the motivic material for … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Magnificat (Pärt) — Magnificat was composed in 1989 by Arvo Pärt. A setting of the Latin Magnificat text, it is in tintinnabuli style, which was invented by Pärt in the mid 1970s. It is scored a cappella for mixed choir: soprano solo, sopranos I and II, alto, and… … Wikipedia
Origins of opera — Setting designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for the third intermedio (of six) from the 1589 Medici wedding: Apollo defeats the monster terrorizing Delos. The libretto was by Ottavio Rinuccini, who reused some of the material in the first opera Dafne … Wikipedia