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The art of 'descant' and the choirs of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey
Here is a short clip from the BBC 2 series presented by Dr David Starkey on Music and Mona...
published: 07 Sep 2013
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King's College Cambridge 2012 #18 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing descant Philip Ledger 1937-2012
Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, Go...
published: 24 Dec 2012
author: spiritdei
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O Come All Ye Faithful (Descant)
Final two verses as sung at Saint Clement's Episcopal Church during Midnight Mass processi...
published: 23 Dec 2012
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Monti - Czardas for descant recorder
Monti - Czardas for descant recorder. The celebrated virtuosic Hungarian dance arranged he...
published: 02 Jul 2011
author: Michael Keen
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Descant
If you want to learn to sing the other choir voices for this song, you can practice them b...
published: 05 Nov 2013
author: StMSSyd
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HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING. descant David Willcocks
Tentang YAKOBIS...menatap dengan KEDALAMAN HATI YAKOBIS : Dibuat sebagai sarana mempromosi...
published: 30 Apr 2014
author: Yakobis TV
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Descant singing Hallelujah
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published: 14 Nov 2008
author: diddle18r
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O Come All Ye Faithful soprano descant
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published: 10 Dec 2013
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Descant Triple Horn Notes Edition
Introducing Playing Descant and Triple Horns, instruments advanced horn players should be ...
published: 20 Oct 2012
author: John Ericson
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Grace Presbyterian Church Hymn "Holy,Holy,Holy"- With A BEAUTIFUL SOPRANO DESCANT
Grace Presbyterian Church Plano Texas 11AM Worship Service Tracy`s Last Sunday As Director...
published: 27 Jun 2010
author: Lee Croman
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Descant Gott - Forgotten Paragon
Band: Descant Gott Song: Forgotten Paragon Album: Descant Gott EP Genre: Melodic Death Met...
published: 03 Oct 2014
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Descant Gott - Justice denied (live)
Descant Gott performs at the the 2010 Kaguluhan Music Festival last November 13 in Bacoor,...
published: 30 Nov 2010
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Odyssey- Descant
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published: 22 Jan 2011
author: Alex Tipa
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O Little Town of Bethlehem (Descant - Thomas Armstrong)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Descant - Thomas Armstrong) Mark Griffiths Coro Richard Pearc...
published: 09 Nov 2014
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Descant Recorder
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Descant or discant can refer to several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others.

A discant (occasionally, particularly later, written 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. Descant can also refer to a high, florid melody sung by a few sopranos as a decoration for a hymn.




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