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Descant, discant, or can refer to several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. [1]

29 relations: Alan Gray, Athelstan Riley, Carl Schalk, Clef, Counterpoint, David Hurd, Discant, Geoffrey Shaw (composer), Gregorian chant, Hal Hopson, Hymn tune, Medieval music, Melody, Music, Musical improvisation, Pitch (music), Polyphony, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Recorder (musical instrument), Renaissance, Richard Proulx, Robert Powell (composer), Songs of Praise (hymnal), Soprano, The English Hymnal, The Hymnal 1982, The New Century Hymnal, Treble voice, Viol.

Alan Gray

Alan Gray (23 December 1855 – 27 September 1935) was a British organist and composer.

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Athelstan Riley

John Athelstan Laurie Riley (10 August 1858 – 17 November 1945) was an English hymn writer and hymn translator.

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Carl Schalk

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Clef

A clef (from French: clef "key") is a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes.

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Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour.

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David Hurd

David Hurd (born 1950) is a composer, concert organist, choral director and educator.

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Discant

Discant or descant (meaning "singing apart") originated as a style of liturgical setting in the Middle Ages, associated with the development of the Notre Dame school of polyphony.

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Geoffrey Shaw (composer)

Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 1879 – 14 April 1943) was an English composer and musician specialising in Anglican church music.

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Gregorian chant

Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Hal Hopson

Hal H. Hopson (born 12 June 1933) is a full-time composer and church musician residing in Cedar Park, Texas.

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Hymn tune

A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung.

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Medieval music

Medieval music consists of songs, instrumental pieces, and liturgical music from about 500 A.D. to 1400.

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Melody

A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Musical improvisation

Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians.

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Pitch (music)

Pitch is a perceptual property of sounds that allows their ordering on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

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Polyphony

In music, polyphony is one type of musical texture, where a texture is, generally speaking, the way that melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic aspects of a musical composition are combined to shape the overall sound and quality of the work.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer.

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Recorder (musical instrument)

The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument in the group known as internal duct flutes—flutes with a whistle mouthpiece.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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Richard Proulx

Richard Proulx (AmEng) (born April 3, 1937, St. Paul, Minnesota — died February 18, 2010, Chicago, Illinois) was an American composer and editor of church music, including anthems, service music, hymn concertatos, organ music and music for handbell choir, formerly based in Chicago.

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Robert Powell (composer)

Robert Powell (born 1932 in Benoit, Mississippi) is an American composer, organist, and choir director.

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Songs of Praise (hymnal)

Songs of Praise is a 1925 hymnal compiled by Percy Dearmer, Martin Shaw and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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The English Hymnal

The English Hymnal is a hymn book which was published in 1906 for the Church of England by Oxford University Press.

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The Hymnal 1982

The Hymnal 1982 is the hymnal of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

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The New Century Hymnal

The New Century Hymnal is a comprehensive hymnal and worship book published in 1995 for the United Church of Christ.

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Treble voice

A treble voice is a voice which takes the treble part.

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Viol

The viol, viola da gamba, or (informally) gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch of each of the strings.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descant

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