polyphony
music with multiple, independent melody lines performed simultaneously
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Summary
polyphony is a music genre[1]. polyphony draws 3,750 Wikipedia views per month (music genre category, ranking #325 of 1,946).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: texture[3], musical form[4], singing style[5]
- Subclass of: vocal music[6], singing[7]
- Commons category: Polyphony[8]
- Opposite of: homophony[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polyphonic form[10], Category:Polyphonic singing[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
- P14541: 1OZ3aB[17]
Why It Matters
polyphony has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] polyphony is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]