cantus
[kan-tuh s]
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noun, plural can·tus.
Origin of cantus
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Write four times, changing the cantus firmus into every part.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsFriedrich J. Lehmann
In other cantatas it is noted that the cantus firmus (the chorale-melody) is in the soprano, or other voice.
BachCharles Francis Abdy Williams
From this peculiarity the chant obtained the name of cantus firmus, or fixed chant.
How Music DevelopedW. J. Henderson
The Cantus Evangelii and Epistolarum admitted likewise of a great and wearisome licence of inflection.
Rites and RitualPhilip Freeman
Two-part counterpoint comprises a cantus firmus and a counterpoint.
A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty LessonsFriedrich J. Lehmann
cantus
noun plural -tus
Word Origin for cantus
Latin: song, from canere to sing
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