Found 2 items, similar to Polyphony.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: polyphony polyphony n : music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments [syn: polyphonic music, concerted music] [ant: monophony, monophony]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Polyphony Polyphony \Po*lyph"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ?.] 1. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo. [1913 Webster] 2. Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint. [1913 Webster]