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centonism
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Cen´to`nism
n.1.The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.
centonism
the practice, especially in verse, of writing by arranging quotations from other authors. Also centonization. — cento, n. — centonical, adj.
See also: Literary Style
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The majority of performance-oriented studies on gamelan to date have dealt with the generation of parts for individual instrumental and vocal lines within the overall texture of gamelan music; a few studies have dealt with such processes as melodic variation, centonization, and transformation.
Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese Gamelan and the Theory of ... by Vetter, Roger / Notes
: improvisation or recitation on one or more existing melodic formulae centonization, or combination of existing melodic formulae use of available material as a compositional starting point or model, including reworking a given piece or emulating its structure arrangement, transcription, reuse (including settings, contrafacta, etc.
The uses of existing music: musical borrowing as a field by Burkholder, J. Peter / Notes
 
 
 
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