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cantus
[ kan-tuhs ]
cantus
/ ˈkæntəs /
noun
- a medieval form of church singing; chant
- Also calledcanto the highest part in a piece of choral music
- (in 15th- or 16th-century music) a piece of choral music, usually secular, in polyphonic style
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cantus1
Latin: song, from canere to sing
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Example Sentences
Write four times, changing the cantus firmus into every part.
From Project Gutenberg
Tua vox est dulcior quam cantus avium aut murmur rivuli in montibus.
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Two-part counterpoint comprises a cantus firmus and a counterpoint.
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Two notes are written in the counterpoint to one of the cantus firmus, except in the last measure.
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To cantus firmus a write two counterpoints above and two below in the first species.
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