part-writing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
If one can get over the thinness of the part-writing, especially in the slow movements, there is much to enjoy in them.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
The form is concise and symmetrical, the part-writing is clear and well-balanced, and a "sunny sweetness" is the prevailing mood.
From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)
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
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