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partsong

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part´song`    (pärt´sǒng`)
n.1.A song with two or more voice parts.
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Noun1.partsong - a song with two or more voice parts
song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
madrigal - an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
troll, round - a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"
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There were things people recognised, which made it a comfortable experience: plainsong, English partsong, French romanticism, Anglican hymns, Bach chorales.
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On Thursday, Jette and pianist Thompson will be joined by tenor David Gustafson, alto Emily Lodine and bass Sandy Naishtat for partsongs and duets.
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Delius's Two Aquarelles are beautiful miniatures, string arrangements of the two unaccompanied partsongs - "to be sung of a summer's night on the water".
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