the fifth voice in a sixteenth-century composition having five or more vocal parts, sometimes a ‘descant’ or ‘countermelody’ added above the usual four voices
Quintus
Language: Latin
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Quatreble
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a voice pitched a fifth above the treble
Semifusa
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sixteenth note
Perfectus
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intervals of a unison, octave, fourth, and fifth when they are exactly in tune and neither augmented nor diminished
Opus
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a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musical work
Op.
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Opus; a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musica…
Voces aequales
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equal voices
Praeludium
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prelude
Homophonic
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a musical composition for 2 or more parts with a single melody line, all other parts serving as accompaniments