double counterpoint

American  

noun

Music.

1. invertible counterpoint using two transposable voices.

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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.

From Project Gutenberg

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 is a combination of melodies so designed that either can be taken above or below the other.

From Project Gutenberg

But double counterpoint may be in other intervals than the octave; that is to say, while one of the parts remains stationary, the other may be transposed above or below it by some interval other than an octave, thus producing an entirely different set of harmonies.

From Project Gutenberg