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Definition of Counterpoints

Counterpoint
Counterpoint Coun"ter*point`, n. [OF. contrepoincte, corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F. courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see Quilt, and cf. Cushion) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick (see Point). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with the colors broken one into another.] A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. --Sir T. North.
Counterpoint
Counterpoint Coun"ter*point` (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
Counterpoint
Counterpoint Coun"ter*point`, n. [F. contrepoint; cf. It. contrappunto. Cf. Contrapuntal.] (Mus.) (a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody. (b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. (c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony. Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. --Whewell.

Meaning of Counterpoints from wikipedia

- each other. Counterpoint may also refer to: Counterpoint (Jason Webley album), 2002 Counterpoint (In the Nursery album), 1989 Counterpoints (Argent album)...
- Sample of counterpoint Extract from Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862, from book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach Problems playing this file...
- Counterpoint LLC was a publishing company that ****us Books Group launched in 2007. It was formed from the consolidation of three presses: ****us' Counterpoint...
- Counterpoint (Kontrapunkt in the original German) is the second volume of Heinrich Schenker's New Musical Theories and Fantasies (the first is Harmony...
- Counterpoints is the seventh and final album released by British rock band Argent in October 1975 on RCA Victor (United Artists Records in U.S. on 10...
- Counterpoint is a 1968 war film starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Sc****, Kathryn Hays and Leslie Nielsen. It is based on the novel The General by Alan...
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- double counterpoint when two voices are involved and triple counterpoint when three are involved. The inversion in two-part invertible counterpoint is also...
- Counterpoints is an Australian television series which aired in 1958 on Sydney station TCN-9, debuting circa 29 August of that year. The series featured...
- Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 quiz. Described in the show's introduction as "The general knowledge music quiz", the questions are about music, from classical...