Part song
(part sahng)
A vocal composition for two or more voices, usually unaccompanied.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Part Song, English Renaissance:
Weelkes: Welcome sweet pleasure - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 45
- Morley: Those dainty daffadillies
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 25
Part Song, American:
Billings: Swift as an Indian arrow flies- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 45
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