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part song
noun
a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
part song
noun
a song composed in harmonized parts
(in more technical usage) a piece of homophonic choral music in which the topmost part carries the melody
Other 51Թ Forms
- part singing noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of part song1
Example Sentences
There is a ten-minute-long “Amazing Grace,” part song, part sermon, that could come only from someone steeped in the tradition of her father’s Delta whooping.
A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, Ð most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
His works, mostly part songs and other vocal compositions, show great musical knowledge, and amongst the early masters of the German school he holds a high position.
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