Definitions for polyphonies

polyphonies po·lyph·o·ny

Spelling: [puh-lif-uh-nee]
IPA: /pəˈlɪf ə ni/

Polyphonies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 666 anagrams from letters in polyphonies (ehilnooppsy).

Definitions for polyphonies

noun

  1. Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
  2. Phonetics. representation of different sounds by the same letter or symbol.

Origin of polyphonies

First recorded in 1820-30, polyphony is from the Greek word polyphōnía variety of tones. See poly-, -phony

Examples for polyphonies

But soon this discord was lost amid the massive Teutonic polyphony of well-being.

His polyphony is clearer, his tone, always big, is more sonorous and individual.

He was a fine master of polyphony, and as a genuine composer is second only to Byrde.

polyphony, 215 that is, the simultaneous interweaving of many themes, was foreign to Berlioz and Liszt.

The polyphony was simple and the aim of the composition was popularity.

None but a master of polyphony could have attempted to express in music what Richard Strauss has expressed.

The polyphony of the vocal parts is masterly and the melodic flow most charming.

The art of polyphony is to be understood as an effort toward variety and unity combined.

It is the polyphony in the sections of storm and stress that goes wrong.

This does not imply that Chopin had any particular genius in counterpoint, but to deny his mastery of polyphony is a grave error.

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