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单词 to descant it
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to descant it
a. intransitive. To play or sing a descant, or a tune harmonized according to the principles of descant; (more generally) to sing harmoniously. Also transitive in to descant it.
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a1450 L. Power Treat. on Counterpoint in Speculum (1935) 10 248 Hou þu shalt discant be-twene la & vt & vt la.
?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes ii. sig. D.ivv The worde of god..is lyke of it & of a songe, where be many syngers, that diuersely descant vpon the playne songe.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 251 They wil..sing so sweetly, and withall descant it so finely and tunably.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Contre To..sing the Plainesong whereon another descants.
1793 European Mag. Apr. 262/2 Now it is certain that a singer does not vowel well, who cannot produce half a dozen sounds following when he descants, without making all sorts of grimaces.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 39 I with a meadow reed upon sylvan themes will descant.
1908 Monthly Musical Rec. Oct. 223/2 The principle was sound enough, although how the people found it (if they did), with trebles descanting above, and basses growling below, is not so easy to understand.
1993 M. Kennedy Britten (rev. ed.) xxiv. 213 The boys' ‘In paradisum’ is joined by the main choir..and orchestra, with the soprano descanting above the rich swell of sound.
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