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Definition of canto fermo

Canto fermo
Canto Can"to, n.; pl. Cantos. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See Chant.] 1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. 2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo[It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.

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- fourth-declension noun) can also be found. The Italian is often used instead: canto fermo (and the plural in Italian is canti fermi). The term first appears in...
- and published as Un tratado de canto de órgano (siglo XVI) in 1913. Introdvttione facilissima, et novissima, di Canto Fermo, Figvrato, Contrapon to semplice...
- link. BWV 651 Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist [Come, Holy Ghost], canto fermo in Pedale (cantus firmus chorale) play Over the pedal chorale melody...
- (Venice, 1545) Compendiolo di molti dubbi, segreti, et sentenze intorno al canto fermo et figurato (Milan, n.d., probably posthumous, as the title page bears...
- these, in Italian, was Le regole più necessarie per l'introduzione del canto fermo, which he published in 1609. It was a didactic and practical work on...
- of choral music Canto-pop, Cantonese-language pop music Canto fermo, the melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition Canto nuevo, a Latin American...
- 1889 at the same Exhibition, he displa**** a bronze statuette titled Canto fermo. He completed the bronze bust for the funereal monument of Count Giulio...
- e. the hazzan] was chanting part of the service in a kind of ancient canto fermo, and responses were made by the congregation, in a manner which resembled...
- described the psalms as "varying and diverse inventions and harmonies over a canto fermo" (cantus firmus), and noted that Monteverdi would travel to Rome to personally...
- novissima, di canto fermo, figurato, contraponto semplice, et in concerto, con regole generali per far fughe differenti sopra il canto fermo, a 2, 3, et...