We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Now in their 14th season, Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico promotes the talent of New Mexico musicians through vocal ensemble performances. They have been providing holiday ...
As NSW eases singing restrictions, it’s worth remembering treasured creative communities don’t come out of nowhere Before Covid, Polyphony was a community choir in Sydney that punched well above its ...
The angelic choirs must sound something like this, full-throated in song: four strands of voice — soprano, alto, tenor, bass — weaving toward the same destination along different roads of melody. The ...
The sublime polyphony of Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) owes everything to the example of his teacher and mentor Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) but that’s not to say it lacks imagination or individuality.
Grab a pint at the bar and meet Polyphony Down the Pub, a group who love to sing renaissance music in a London watering hole ...
CHOIRS from the Philippines dominate the Polyphony category of this year’s International Habaneras and Polyphony Choir Competition organized by the Patronato Municipal de Habaneras Torrevieja of Spain ...
Three cities in the United States were blessed by the visit of one of – if not the – oldest choirs in the world: the Cappella Musicale Pontificia, known more commonly as the Sistine Chapel Choir and ...
Along with the singers of Polyphony, their performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Barbican flung an exultant riposte back at the self-contradictory bureaucrats of Arts Council England. Last ...