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Qué (quién) es Descant - definición

MUSICAL TERM WITH SEVERAL MEANINGS
Discant; Discantus; English discant
  • Soprano clef

descant         
I. n.
1.
Melody (with variations), song, tune.
2.
Commentary, animadversion, remarks, series of comments.
3.
Discourse, discussion, disputation.
4.
(Mus.) Soprano, treble, highest part in a score.
II. v. n.
Expatiate, enlarge, dilate, discourse, make remarks, treat copiously, animadvert freely.
Descant         
·vi The upper voice in part music.
II. Descant ·vi To sing a variation or accomplishment.
III. Descant ·vi The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble.
IV. Descant ·vi To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.
V. Descant ·vi A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.
VI. Descant ·vi Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song.
descant         
¦ noun 'd?skant
1. Music an independent treble melody sung or played above a basic melody.
archaic or literary a melodious song.
2. literary a discourse on a theme or subject.
¦ verb d?'skant, d?- literary talk tediously or at length.
Origin
ME: from OFr. deschant, from med. L. discantus 'part song, refrain'.

Wikipedia

Descant

A descant, discant, or discantus is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. The Harvard Dictionary of Music states:

Anglicized form of L. discantus and a variant of discant. Throughout the Middle Ages the term was used indiscriminately with other terms, such as descant. In the 17th century it took on special connotations in instrumental practice.

A descant is a form of medieval music in which one singer sang a fixed melody, and others accompanied with improvisations. The word in this sense comes from the term discantus supra librum (descant "above the book"), and is a form of Gregorian chant in which only the melody is notated but an improvised polyphony is understood. The discantus supra librum had specific rules governing the improvisation of the additional voices.

Later on, the term came to mean the treble or soprano singer in any group of voices, or the higher pitched line in a song. Eventually, by the Renaissance, descant referred generally to counterpoint. Nowadays the counterpoint meaning is the most common.

Descant can also refer to the highest pitched of a group of instruments, particularly the descant viol or recorder. Similarly, it can also be applied to the soprano clef.

In modern usage, especially in the context of church music, descant can also refer to a high, florid melody sung by a few sopranos as a decoration for a hymn.

Ejemplos de uso de Descant
1. Personally, I have observed from friends relationships that love can easily weather infidelity, cruelty, neglect, addiction, celibacy and one partner learning to play descant recorder.