Block, SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
4,575
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
New page: '''Polyphony''', from the Greek: “''many-sounding''” commonly refers to music where two or more strands are played or sung simultaneously (as opposed to “monophonic”: “''sing...
'''Polyphony''', from the [[Greek]]: “''many-sounding''” commonly refers to music where two or more strands are played or sung simultaneously (as opposed to “monophonic”: “''single-sounding''".) The parts of the music move independently of each other, but still remain as an harmonic whole.
The polyphonic era in Western music is considered to be during the late [[medieval]] and [[renaissance]] periods. The late renaissance, with the choral works of [[Palestrina]], [[Lassus]] and others is thought of as the polyphonic “golden age”.
It was an early form of [[counterpoint]], that would reach its highest expression in the great fugues and other works of [[Bach]] and [[Handel]].
[[Category: Music]]
The polyphonic era in Western music is considered to be during the late [[medieval]] and [[renaissance]] periods. The late renaissance, with the choral works of [[Palestrina]], [[Lassus]] and others is thought of as the polyphonic “golden age”.
It was an early form of [[counterpoint]], that would reach its highest expression in the great fugues and other works of [[Bach]] and [[Handel]].
[[Category: Music]]