tienton.
Music.
In sixteenth- and seventeenth-cent. Spanish music: a contrapuntal piece resembling a ricercar, originally for strings and, later, organ.
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in nomine1565
ricercatac1715
ricercare1773
fugato1876
fughetta1876
triple fugue1876
double fugue1880
tiento1905
mirror fugue1931
clausula1944
1905 C. F. A. Williams Story of Organ Music xi. 163 The compositions of Cabezon's collection consist of nine practice pieces,..short preludes called Versos or Versillos,..[and] longer preludes called Tientos.
1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xvii. 294 The ‘schools’ of the ricercar, whether called fugue as in Germany, tiento as in Spain, or fancy as in England, were different; but the spirit and form were the same.
1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance ix. 74/4 The solo tiento for harp or organ by Alonso Mudarra, published in his Tres Libros (1546).
1980 Early Music 8 248/1 Some polyphonic works of the period in the tradition of the tiento offer most remarkable variety within their stylistic limitations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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