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Polyphone
Polyphone Pol"y*phone, n. A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced r[=e]d or r[e^]d.
Polyphonic
Polyphonic Pol`y*phon"ic, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ? sound: cf. F. polyphone.] 1. Having a multiplicity of sounds. 2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters. 3. (Mus.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
Polyphonism
Polyphonism Po*lyph"o*nism, n. Polyphony.
Polyphonist
Polyphonist Po*lyph"o*nist, n. 1. A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. 2. (Mus.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Polyphonous
Polyphonous Po*lyph"o*nous, a. Same as Polyphonic.
Polyphony
Polyphony Po*lyph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?.] 1. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo. 2. Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign. 3. (Mus.) 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.

Meaning of POLYPHON from wikipedia

- A Polyphon is a disc-playing music box. The machine was invented in 1870; it was first manufactured by the Polyphon Musikwerke, in Leipzig, Germany, full-scale...
- Ellie Goulding. Polydor Records was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig and registered on 25 July 1914 (Nr. 316613). The...
- "The Blue Danube" (0:58) Polyphon metal disc (1890) Problems playing this file? See media help. A music box (American English) or musical box (British...
- television series created in 1985 (first aired in 1986) by the German Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft, TVS (United Kingdom) and Canadian Norflicks...
- through the air. From 1996 to 1998, the series was produced jointly by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft GmbH (responsible for all other production...
- Nagila". He also produced the first commercial recording in 1922, on the Polyphon record label ("Order No. 8533."), as part of a series which recorded 39...
- international television miniseries made by Radiotelevisione Italiana, Antenne 2, Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft, Channel 4 Television, Televisión Española...
- labels, listed below. United Kingdom Crown Records was a label made by Polyphon before World War I. Crown Records was a short-lived label in the mid-1920s...
- it is SATB otherwise. Handel uses both polyphon and homophon settings to illustrate the text. Even polyphon movements typically end on a dramatic long...
- Ysaÿe criticized Paganini's works for lacking characteristics of true polyphonism. Yehudi Menuhin, on the other hand, suggested that this might have been...