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polyphony

Translations

polyphonynoun

polyphonies

полифония

The choir's performance was a beautiful example of polyphony.

Выступление хора было прекрасным примером полифонии.

Synonyms

multipart music

Definitions

polyphonynoun

A musical texture involving two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice, monophony, or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords, homophony.

The composer's use of polyphony in the symphony created a complex and engaging listening experience.

In literature or linguistics, the coexistence of multiple distinct voices, perspectives, or points of view within a single work or discourse.

Bakhtin argued that Dostoevsky's novels achieve their power through the polyphony of characters who speak with equal authority.