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cantus firmus

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can·tus fir·mus  (knts fîrms, fûr-)
n.
A preexisting melody used as the basis of a polyphonic composition, especially in 14th- and 15th-century polyphony.
[Medieval Latin : Latin cantus, song + Latin firmus, fixed.]
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Noun1.cantus firmus - a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
Gregorian chant, plainchant, plainsong - a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
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2) Eleven months before his execution Bonhoeffer wrote: God wants us to love him eternally and with our whole hearts--not in such a way as to injure or weaken our earthly love, but to provide a kind of cantus firmus to which the other melodies of life provide the counterpoint .
Mark Bangert: thanks for the polyphony by Billman, Kathleen D. / Currents in Theology and Mission
The former looks heavenward by ringing ecstatic changes on a cantus firmus by the medieval French composer Pérotin.
Judith Weir Weekend by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Die bekende Rumi-strofe "Lovers don't finally meet somewhere / They're in each other all along" kan met reg beskou word as die cantus firmus van Banoobhai se nuutste bundel.
Mistieke gesange laat Rumi herleef by Taljard, Marlies / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
 
 
 
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