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 fermata was first used in imitative part-writing to show where each part was to stop, but with the development of harmonic writing the present practice was inaugurated.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

The part-writing is always graceful, and often very ingenious, the inner parts melodious and interesting, and the whole effective.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

If you don't care for the fugal passages and part-writing in the Graner Mass or in the organ music, then there is nothing more to be said.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

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