organum
[awr-guh-nuh m]
- an organon.
- Music.
- the doubling, or simultaneous singing, of a melody at an interval of either a fourth, a fifth, or an octave.
- the second part in such singing.
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Origin of organum
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The very word is redolent of an Organum—whether novum or veterum.
Essays in Experimental LogicJohn Dewey
The transition from organum to discant was effected about the year 1100.
Music in the History of the Western ChurchEdward Dickinson
The Organum (philosophy of first principles) of Aristotle was first publicly taught in 1215.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VJohn Lord
Organum est librite hydrobapticum ad omnium ripas situm, lingu fervore refrigerando.
The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2)Richard Crashaw
The inductive method, so far as exhibited in the Organum, is exemplified by an investigation into the nature of heat.
organum
- a form of polyphonic music originating in the ninth century, consisting of a plainsong melody with parts added at the fourth and fifth
- a variant of organon
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Word Origin
C17: via Latin from Greek; see organ
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