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Definition of organum in English: organumnounPlural 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 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: organumnounˈôrɡənəm (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’. |