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单词 organum
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Definition of organum in English:

organum

nounPlural organa ˈɔːɡ(ə)nəmˈôrɡənəm
  • 1An early type of polyphonic music based on plainsong with an accompaniment sung below or above the melody.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1620 he published his Novum organum, presenting his philosophy of science in the form of aphorisms, many of them memorable.
    • In an organum piece, a fragment of an older melody is slowed down to the point where it almost becomes a drone.
    • Plainchant melodies, or sections of them, were taken as cantus firmi in the earliest forms of polyphony (e.g. organum, clausula) and in the 13th and 14th-century motet and some early mass movements.
    • They bring in a full drum kit for ‘Painted Chariot’, but it's mild, stumbling rock, with an organum interlude plopped in the middle for continuity.
    • The opening motif of the second part is extremely Debussian in its parallel organum chords, much as in Debussy's Nuages of 1899.
    1. 1.1 A part sung as an accompaniment below or above a melody.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Guido's treatise Micrologus also explains how to sing a second voice accompanying a plainchant melody, creating two-part organum.
      Synonyms
      backing, support, background, soundtrack, comp

Origin

Latin, from Greek organon, literally 'instrument, organ'.

 
 

Definition of organum in US English:

organum

nounˈôrɡənəm
  • (in medieval music) a form of early polyphony based on an existing plainsong.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In an organum piece, a fragment of an older melody is slowed down to the point where it almost becomes a drone.
    • In 1620 he published his Novum organum, presenting his philosophy of science in the form of aphorisms, many of them memorable.
    • The opening motif of the second part is extremely Debussian in its parallel organum chords, much as in Debussy's Nuages of 1899.
    • They bring in a full drum kit for ‘Painted Chariot’, but it's mild, stumbling rock, with an organum interlude plopped in the middle for continuity.
    • Plainchant melodies, or sections of them, were taken as cantus firmi in the earliest forms of polyphony (e.g. organum, clausula) and in the 13th and 14th-century motet and some early mass movements.

Origin

Latin, from Greek organon, literally ‘instrument, organ’.

 
 
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