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CANTUS FIRMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pre-existing melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; originally drawn from plainchant, but later drawn from other sources
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cantus firmus" is a kind of...):
chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)
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