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cantus [ˈkæntəs] n pl -tus 1. (Music / Classical Music) a medieval form of church singing; chant 2. (Music / Classical Music) Also called canto the highest part in a piece of choral music 3. (Music / Classical Music) (in 15th- or 16th-century music) a piece of choral music, usually secular, in polyphonic style [Latin: song, from canere to sing] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Erotic themes wind through Pinos's work like a red thread: Ars amatoria (1967), Geneze [Genesis] (1970), Hudba pro dva [Music for Two] (1971), Canti intimi (1976), lyrical songs for bass baritone and string quartet on text from old love poems called Sila a moc lasky [The Strength and Power of Love] (1982), Euforie [Euphoria] I-V (five chamber pieces for different instrumental combinations of 1983-1998), Priblizeni [Gettin Closer] (1994). Haruko smashes the humanoid robot with her guitar and reprograms it; the next time we see Canti (the robot's name), it is garbed in an apron cooking breakfast for Naota's father. Now, Valeria Finucci--who published the first-ever edition of Fonte's epic fragment, I tredici canti di Flaridoro in 1997 (Mursia)--has uncovered another gem: Giulia Bigolina's unpublished prose romance, |
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