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8 sectionsContents
- Origin and development
- In hymns
- 12th-century Aquitanian polyphony
- Discant in three or four voices
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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A descant, discant, or '''' is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. The Harvard Dictionary of Music'' states:
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Renaissance
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International Standard Book Number
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Aquitaine
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Notre-Dame de Paris
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God Save the King
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melody
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soprano
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counterpoint
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clef
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octave
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Gregorian chant
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interval
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polyphony
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recorder
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medieval music
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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viol
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pitch
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Pérotin
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