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The 45 pages that link to Polyphony, each with the reason it gives.

• Renaissance musicNarrower topic: Interweaving melodic lines became a defining texture of Renaissance composition.

• MotetNarrower topic: The motet is defined by combining independently moving vocal parts.

• Drone (music)Narrower topic: A drone is one texture within the broader practice of simultaneous musical lines.

• Medieval musicNarrower topic: Its emergence marks a major expansion beyond single-line chant.

• MadrigalNarrower topic: Madrigals build their vocal texture from interacting independent parts.

• Cantus firmusNarrower topic: A cantus firmus provides one line around which other independent melodies are composed.

• ChansonNarrower topic: Renaissance chansons often set several independent vocal lines against one another.

• Imitative counterpointNarrower topic: Imitative counterpoint is a kind of polyphonic writing, though polyphony need not use imitation.

• Josquin des PrezNarrower topic: Josquin’s expressive writing depends on shaping several voices as distinct, coordinated lines.

• Johannes OckeghemNarrower topic: Ockeghem’s interweaving vocal lines make polyphony the foundation of his style.

• Guillaume DufayNarrower topic: Dufay’s international style depends on coordinating independent vocal lines.

• LéoninNarrower topic: Léonin’s historical importance lies in an early, influential form of written polyphony.

• Messe de Nostre DameNarrower topic: Four vocal parts create the Mass's interwoven musical texture.

• Orlando di LassoNarrower topic: Lasso’s vocal works often weave several independent parts into a unified texture.

• Cecilian MovementNarrower topic: Cecilian composers revived Renaissance polyphony as a disciplined alternative to theatrical styles.

• Thomas TallisNarrower topic: Tallis’s contrapuntal writing is a distinctive form of Renaissance polyphony.

• Spem in aliumNarrower topic: The motet’s forty parts weave independent melodies rather than forming a single melody with accompaniment.

• Guillaume Du FayNarrower topic: The interaction of independent voices defines much of Du Fay’s writing.

• Orlande de LassusNarrower topic: Interweaving vocal lines is central to much of Lassus’s compositional style.

• ShchedrykNarrower topic: Leontovych builds the song’s texture by layering independent vocal entries.