part-writing

noun

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

Example Sentences

This is part-writing therapy, part-rant.

From BBC

The elaboration of the part-writing is dauntingly complex and can sound unvaried, but the incomplete chant-based Matthew Passion by Richard Davy makes a strong centrepiece, while for sheer contrapuntal virtuosity you cannot beat the oddest piece, the final 13-part canon by Robert Wylkynson.

From The Guardian

If you don't care for the fugal passages and part-writing in the Graner Mass or in the organ music, then there is nothing more to be said.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

The melody is simple and beautiful, the counter-melodies are equally taking, and the part-writing is very skilful.

From Project Gutenberg