descant
Also known as discant, discantus
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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: