monodicadj.
/mɒˈnɒdɪk/, /məˈnɒdɪk/, U.S. /məˈnɑdɪk/ Of, relating to, or of the nature of monody.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [adjective] > other kinds of harmony
monodic1806
diaphonic1822
paraphonic1836
monophonic1852
homophonic1879
barbershop1910
quartal1937
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > in Greek tragedy
monodical1656
antistrophic1859
antistrophal1878
monodic1900
1806 J. W. Callcott Musical Gram. ii. i. 85 The Monodic Style, in which the Melody is confined to one single part.
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 746/1 Homophone..is sometimes applied to music written in what was formerly called the Monodic style.
1896 J. A. F. Maitland in Dict. National Biogr. XLVII. 42/2 The new art of monodic writing, as opposed to the elaborate involutions of the madrigalian period.
1900 H. W. Smyth Greek Melic Poets p. xxi Monodic melic, or that which is sung by a single voice, is represented in the earliest stage of Greek song by the nome.
1973 Times Lit. Supp. 23 Feb. 217/1 Certain works hitherto considered to be monodic are in reality polyphonic.
1991 Conjunctions 16 250 An austerely monodic invention in which the orchestra's hieratic, unison utterances are punctuated by gong-strokes.
Derivatives
moˈnodically adv.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Monodically, in a monodic manner.
1942 Scrutiny 11 1/16 It is difficult to believe that the troubadours made no, other than monodically preludial, use of their instruments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1806