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Definition of Cantus firmus
1. Noun. A melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantus Firmus
Literary usage of Cantus firmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Harmony by Salomon Jadassohn (1893)
"Employment of Chords in Accompanying a cantus firmus in Four-part Writing. §61.
... We call this predominant melody the cantus firmus (Italian canto ..."
2. A Manual of Simple, Double, Triple and Quadruple Counterpoint by Salomon Jadassohn (1897)
"Formerly one allowed 2, 3, 4, 6, even 8 notes to one of the cantus firmus, and
practised this — at the beginning — by adding one florid part only. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"With the striving for independence of the voices or parte goes hand in hand the
desire for consonance (harmony) on the strong notes of the cantus firmus, ..."
4. Treatise on Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple Counterpoint by Salomon Jadassohn (1887)
"Two notes in soprano, against one of the cantus firmus in the bass 22—29. two
... Four notes in one part, against one note of the cantus firmus, 38—43. ..."
5. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"In the small species the adopted chorale melody (called the cantus firmus) is
placed in the uppermost pan, as regular Soprano, and in its original metric ..."
6. Manual of Simple, Double, Triple and Quadruple Counterpoint by Salomon Jadassohn, Gustav Tyson-Wolff, E. M. Barber (1892)
"188, which could be placed to the cantus firmus in alto ... We will not in future
give the cantus firmus only in notes of equal value, as has been hitherto ..."
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