- A descant, discant, or
discantus is any of
several different things in music,
depending on the
period in question; etymologically, the word
means a voice...
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reserving discantus for "nò(-bis)"
instead of
having a
short section in
discantus right away at the beginning. Pérotin "is the best
composer of
discantus", according...
- Léonin's work was
distinguished by two
distinctive organum styles,
purum and
discantus. This
early polyphonic organa was
still firmly based on
Gregorian chant...
- were P.
leucomystax or P.
discantus. IUCN SSC
Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Malayan
Slender Treefrog:
Polypedates discantus". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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mentions the work of the
theorist Franco of Cologne;
describes organum,
discantus,
rhythmic modes, and
genres of composition; and
gives rules for the use...
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These works are
typically still 3 voices, with an
active upper voice (
discantus)
pitched above two
lower voices (tenor and altus)
usually sharing the...
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anchor shaped key and a
perforated fontanelle, two
tenors in C4 and a
discantus (alto) in G4.
According to Virdung, the
configurations F–C–C–G or F–C–G–G...
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melody in the tenor.
Discantus positio vulgaris, one of the
earliest conductus sources,
mentions "conducts as a
species of
discantus." The
conductus is...
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Contemporary classical Composition Laurindo Almeida (composer and artist) for
Discantus Igor
Stravinsky (composer and artist) for Stravinsky:
Movements for Piano...
- chanteur, chanteuse, chanticleer, charm, concent, descant, discant,
discantus, disenchant, disenchantment, disencharm, disincentive, enchant, enchantment...
