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Polyphony
Meaning
Noun
●
In Music:
Musical
texture
consisting of
several
independent
melodic
voices
,
as opposed to
music
with just one
voice
(monophony) or
music
with one
dominant
melodic
voice
accompanied
by
chords
(homophony).
●
The quality of a
text
of being
capable
of being
read in
more than one way.
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Origin
polyphony
English
-phony
English
poly-
English
πολύς
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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