polyphony
Virtually all Romantic music is in the strictest sense polyphonic.
Renaissance choral music is an intricately woven, polyphonic fabric of multiple voice parts moving semi-independently.
The smartphone boasts dual polyphonic speakers.

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Examples of polyphonic

polyphonic
Therefore, finding a polyphonic approach on all structural levels was necessary.
A polyphonic vocal setting, whose music better evokes the idea of movement, was apparently considered unfit to accompany actual scenic movement on stage.
The work is a clear expression of the young artist's growing awareness and fondness for formal structures and techniques from the polyphonic tradition.
In such polyphonic settings, however, dance, which could have stood vicariously for chorus action, was excluded.
The polyphonic compositions also appear to have been newly composed for the court.
More rarely, a polyphonic hymn will use durations found in monophonic settings of the hymn.
How is gender differentiation played out in communities where either polyphonic or monologic talk is the norm for both genders?
The heavenly music of slowly changing polyphonic voices in just intonation went on for hours.
Such a construction denied the "polyphonic" nature of tradition that historically allowed for a plurality of voices in biblical interpretation.
In certain cases, this alternative interpretation may circumvent the potentially problematic inclusion of newly composed polyphonic works within the coronation rite proper.
The most beneficial form of hope is based on a polyphonic narrative.
The specific issue concerning women's participation in polyphonic performances will be returned to later.
He is currently working on an extended study of the polyphonic song traditions 1415-80.
The wider questions of the hymn's relationship with other repertories and its character as a polyphonic genre are also addressed.
He captures the music's epic spaciousness but also its polyphonic complexity.
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