ORGANUM


Meaning of ORGANUM in English

noun Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin, organ Date: 1782 early polyphony of the late Middle Ages that consists of one or more voice parts accompanying the cantus firmus often in parallel motion at a fourth, fifth, or octave above or below, organon

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