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noun

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

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Origin of part song

First recorded in 1590–1600

OTHER WORDS FROM part song

part singing, noun

Words nearby part song

parts of a sentence, Parts of Holland, Parts of Kesteven, Parts of Lindsey, parts of speech, part song, part time, part-timer, parturient, parturient fever, parturifacient

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How to use part song in a sentence

Let us take six gentlemen met together to learn the old thirteenth-century part-song, the round entitled ‘Sumer is icumen in.’
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
He went over to the piano and they sang a part song, "Oh, who will o'er the downs so free?"
The Manxman|Hall Caine
Suddenly, from a grove behind us, came the sound of children's voices singing an old German part-song.
A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland|Meg Gehrts
A part-song is a composition for two or more voices, (usually four) to be sung a capella.
Music Notation and Terminology|Karl W. Gehrkens

The part song method was at the basis of all these old lute songs.
Some Forerunners of Italian Opera|William James Henderson

British Dictionary definitions for part song

part song

noun

a song composed in harmonized parts

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

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