polyphony
Example Sentences
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It’s jazz at an early stage: this is still the era of everyone-at-once polyphony.
From New York Times
The children have their own afflictions, as does the husband-to-be, all shared in a polyphony of severed tongues.
From Los Angeles Times
He was at work on a second album of “generative polyphony” when the war came to Kyiv.
From New York Times
Geri Allen showed up in the 1980s with powerful grooves, exuberant melodies and astonishing polyphonies between her anchoring left hand and her wry, fluidly inventive right.
From New York Times
“The shock was so huge, absolutely huge,” Pichon said, recalling the thrill of singing polyphony in a stone building, rather than practicing his violin alone.
From New York Times
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