part-writing
Britishnoun
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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
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.
In his day it was regarded as imperative to perfect the harmonic structure of part-writing.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
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 melody is simple and beautiful, the counter-melodies are equally taking, and the part-writing is very skilful.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
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