part-writing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Themes, part-writing and harmony are closely bound up in one another, and harmony is not the least important.
From Purcell by Runciman, John F.
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 Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
This duet is full of clever bits of imitation and good contrapuntal part-writing, and is melodious as well.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
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)
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