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cantus firmus

pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition
Class type of: cantus, theme Q938118

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
musical concept, musical-structural concept, role[2][3]
Subclass of
cantus, theme[4][5]
Facet of
polyphony[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en canto fermo en canti fermi en canti firmi en cantus firmi en cantus firmus de Cantus firmi fa کانتوس فیرموس he קאנטוס פירמוס he קנטוס פירמוס it canto fermo ja 定旋律 ru Cantus firmus. ru Кантус фирмус vi giai điệu cố định
🔖 Identifiers · 14
GND ID
4147257-3
BNCF Thesaurus ID
64717
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/cantus-firmus
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
cantus
Freebase ID
/m/03cw9y
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cantus-firmus
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0087964
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
1558
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2042411
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
10693
Lex ID
cantus_firmus
National Library of Latvia ID
000309448
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3883072
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
07048968-n

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 1
polyphony
Subclass of 1
theme
← Genre 1
Johannes Ockeghem
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Summary

cantus firmus is a musical concept[1].

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Johannes Ockeghem

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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