part-writing

British  

noun

1. music the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint

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Example Sentences

Listeners found them equally able when they undertook the complicated part-writing of Orlandus de Lassus and Tallis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The part-writing is often exceedingly elaborate, but the most complicated concerted pieces flow on as naturally as a ballad.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

This duet is full of clever bits of imitation and good contrapuntal part-writing, and is melodious as well.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

In his day it was regarded as imperative to perfect the harmonic structure of part-writing.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus

Themes, part-writing and harmony are closely bound up in one another, and harmony is not the least important.

From Purcell by Runciman, John F.