part-writing

British  

noun

1. music the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint

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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 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)

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 part-writing is often exceedingly elaborate, but the most complicated concerted pieces flow on as naturally as a ballad.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

The part-writing is always graceful, and often very ingenious, the inner parts melodious and interesting, and the whole effective.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher