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/kˈaʊntərpˌɔɪnt/ /kˈaʊnərpˌɔɪnt/ Listen

Counterpoint

noun

A musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies.

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"Counterpoint" Quotes from Famous Books

... the American public was told by Philip Trajetta,[A] that 'if counterpoint be not a science, neither is astronomy.' For want of proper expounders, this truth has made but little impression, and, while the Art of Music has advanced considerably among us, the Science has remained ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... composer, indeed, who can never be played with one finger! But poor unimportant forgotten Max Reger also wrote in the most complicated forms; the great Gluck in the simplest. Gluck, indeed, has even been considered weak in counterpoint and fugue. Meyerbeer, it is said, was also weak in counterpoint and fugue. Is he therefor to be regarded as the peer of Gluck? Is Mozart's G minor Symphony more important (because it is more complicated) than ...

— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten

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