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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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Moreover, the composer has chosen as a cantus firmus the first fou r words and the first fourteen notes of the Introit of the Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Terr bills est locus iste, which he disposes in quasi-canonic fashion in the two lower voices in two groups of seven notes.
Architecture and Music Reunited: A New Reading of Dufay's Nuper ... by TRACHTENBERG, MARVIN / Renaissance Quarterly
His abiding interest in cantus firmus technique might at first come as something of a surprise to those familiar with the mid-century compositional practice of Adrian Willaert and other masters who attended increasingly to the semantic and syntactic valences of texts rather than the manipulation of contrapuntal relationships per se.
Modulorum Ioannis Maillardi: The Four-Part Motets by Freedman, Richard / Renaissance Quarterly
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