double counterpoint

noun

, Music.

1. invertible counterpoint using two transposable voices.

Example Sentences

I forgot, however, to say, that every day at twelve o'clock, I give little Mademoiselle L—— an hour's instruction in double counterpoint, and four-part composition, etc., which makes me realize more than ever the stupidity and confusion of most masters and books on this subject; for nothing can be more clear than the whole thing when properly explained.

From Project Gutenberg

The double counterpoint of the Kyrie in Mozart’s Requiem is still more indisputably identical with that of the last chorus of Handel’s Joseph, and if the themes are common property their combination certainly is not.

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Before long, Adrian had secretly mastered the keyboard, discovered double counterpoint on his own and become the apple of the local music teacher's eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

Double Counterpoint in the 10th has, in addition to this, the property that the inverted melody can be given in the new and in the original positions simultaneously.

From Project Gutenberg

The two subjects of the Confiteor in Bach’s B minor Mass are in double counterpoint in the octave, 11th and 13th.

From Project Gutenberg