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polyphony|pəˈlɪfənɪ, ˈpɒlɪfəʊnɪ|
[ad. Gr. πολυϕωνία variety of tones or of speech, f. πολύϕωνος: see polyphone. So F. polyphonie.]
1. Multiplicity of sounds: = polyphonism 1.
1828Webster, Polyphonism, Polyphony.
2. Mus. The simultaneous combination of a number of parts, each forming an individual melody, and harmonizing with each other; the style of composition in which the parts are so combined; polyphonic composition; counterpoint. Also transf. and fig.
1864[see polyphonist 2]. 1867Macfarren Harmony i. 20 Let me not arrogate..that the origination of polyphony belongs to this country. 1898Dict. Nat. Biog. LIV. 232/2 The tendency to a harmonized melody, to homophony rather than polyphony. 1965New Statesman 10 Dec. 939/1 A polyphony of death, art and ‘incorporeal love’ was perhaps the most exalted solution for a girl who would have disliked fulfilment. 1968Coates & Abraham in New Oxf. Hist. Mus. IV. vi. 329 The movement gradually expands into a suave polyphony..and reaches a fine climax at ‘Gloria in excelsis’. 1973C. D. Garratt Masterpieces in Steam 133 The Austerity created a steady, even blast whilst the ancient lady in front wheezed and rasped away in a totally different rhythmic pattern, so creating a marvellous polyphony of sound. 1977A. Sheridan tr. Lacan's Écrits ii. 17 This formal fixation..is the very condition that extends indefinitely his world and his power, by giving his objects their instrumental polyvalence and symbolic polyphony.
3. Philol. The symbolization of different vocal sounds by the same letter or character; the fact or quality of being polyphonic.
1880Sayce in Nature 19 Feb. 380/2 The whole cumbrous hieroglyphic system with its ideographs, its syllabic values, and its polyphony. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 583 The difficulty of reading which this polyphony involved. |