polyphony

Example Sentences

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The children have their own afflictions, as does the husband-to-be, all shared in a polyphony of severed tongues.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Later, polyphony became increasingly common – when two, three or four voices would each sing different melodies, adding to the complexity of the sound.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

And more than ever, Björk places her voice within a teeming musical ecosystem that’s likely to include a tangle of instrumental polyphony and layered vocals, with every element of the mix insisting on multiplicity.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Soon the others start to sing, too, their voices overlapping to create a rapturous polyphony.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2022

It meant a retreat from the very florid and ornate polyphony that had obsessed composers for a hundred years.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall