Usually means: Fixed melody used in composition.
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  1. cantus firmus: Merriam-Webster
  2. cantus firmus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cantus firmus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  10. Cantus firmus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (music) A preexisting melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition.

Similar:
tone, line, centonization, tenor, ordo, fundamental, final, figure, descant, canon, more...

Opposite:
counterpoint, polyphony, harmony

Types:
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Ionian, more...

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Similar:
tone, line, centonization, tenor, ordo, fundamental, final, figure, descant, canon, more...

Opposite:
counterpoint, polyphony, harmony

Types:
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Ionian, more...



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