part song

noun

1. a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.

part song

noun

1. a song composed in harmonized parts

2. (in more technical usage) a piece of homophonic choral music in which the topmost part carries the melody

Other Word Forms

• part singing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of part song¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

There is a ten-minute-long “Amazing Grace,” part song, part sermon, that could come only from someone steeped in the tradition of her father’s Delta whooping.

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A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, Ð most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

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His works, mostly part songs and other vocal compositions, show great musical knowledge, and amongst the early masters of the German school he holds a high position.

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