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		Definition of organum in English: organumnounPlural organa ˈɔːɡ(ə)nəmˈôrɡənəm 1An early type of polyphonic music based on plainsong with an accompaniment sung below or above the melody.  Example sentencesExamples -  In 1620 he published his Novum organum, presenting his philosophy of science in the form of aphorisms, many of them memorable.
 -  In an organum piece, a fragment of an older melody is slowed down to the point where it almost becomes a drone.
 -  Plainchant melodies, or sections of them, were taken as cantus firmi in the earliest forms of polyphony (e.g. organum, clausula) and in the 13th and 14th-century motet and some early mass movements.
 -  They bring in a full drum kit for ‘Painted Chariot’, but it's mild, stumbling rock, with an organum interlude plopped in the middle for continuity.
 -  The opening motif of the second part is extremely Debussian in its parallel organum chords, much as in Debussy's Nuages of 1899.
 
 - 1.1 A part sung as an accompaniment below or above a melody.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Guido's treatise Micrologus also explains how to sing a second voice accompanying a plainchant melody, creating two-part organum.
 
  Synonyms backing, support, background, soundtrack, comp  
 
 Origin   Latin, from Greek organon, literally 'instrument, organ'.    Definition of organum in US English: organumnounˈôrɡənəm (in medieval music) a form of early polyphony based on an existing plainsong.  Example sentencesExamples -  In an organum piece, a fragment of an older melody is slowed down to the point where it almost becomes a drone.
 -  In 1620 he published his Novum organum, presenting his philosophy of science in the form of aphorisms, many of them memorable.
 -  The opening motif of the second part is extremely Debussian in its parallel organum chords, much as in Debussy's Nuages of 1899.
 -  They bring in a full drum kit for ‘Painted Chariot’, but it's mild, stumbling rock, with an organum interlude plopped in the middle for continuity.
 -  Plainchant melodies, or sections of them, were taken as cantus firmi in the earliest forms of polyphony (e.g. organum, clausula) and in the 13th and 14th-century motet and some early mass movements.
 
 
 Origin   Latin, from Greek organon, literally ‘instrument, organ’.     |