part-writing

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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)

The fermata was first used in imitative part-writing to show where each part was to stop, but with the development of harmonic writing the present practice was inaugurated.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

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.

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