cantus Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Music
...cantus (Lat.). ‘Song’, ‘melody’. The term has been used more specifically to denote the highest voice-part in a polyphonic work; see part (1)...
cantus Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)
... [ Lat .] Song. In the 16th and 17th cents. applied to the uppermost v. in choral...
cantus choralis Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)
... choralis see chorale . For cantus figuratus, cantus mensuratus , and cantus planus , see plainsong...
cantus firmus Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
... firmus ( cantus prius factus ) Borrowed melody, sacred or secular, set in *polyphony in slow note values in the tenor line. These pieces could be humble, elaborate (for example, *Busnoys ’s Missa L’ * homme armé , based on a popular tune), or grandiose political *motets (for example, *Du Fay ’s Nuper rosarum flores ). Richard Freedman E. Sparks , Cantus Firmus in Mass and Motet ...
cantus coronatus Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
... coronatus Literally ‘crowned song’, although the exact meaning may lie anywhere from an awarded song to a mode of performance. Johannes de *Grocheio ( c .1300 ) uses the expression, and a few * trouvère chansonniers apply it to a dozen songs. John Haines H. van der Werf and W. Frobenius , ‘ Cantus coronatus ’, Handwörterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie , ed. H. H. Eggebrecht ...
cantus coronatus Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Music
...cantus coronatus (Lat., ‘crowned song’). A medieval term for a type of embellished trouvère song, perhaps so called because it or its composer had won a...
cantus fractus Reference library
Ian Rumbold
The Oxford Companion to Music
...cantus fractus (Lat., ‘broken song’). A rhythmicized form of plainchant used in the 15th century, particularly for new melodies for the Credo and certain antiphon, sequence, and hymn texts. Ian...
cantus firmus Reference library
David Fallows
The Oxford Companion to Music
...dominated the treatment of cantus firmi from the time of Philippe de Vitry to that of Josquin. Although the cantus firmus usually appeared in the tenor part (on the Continent this was the lowest, but in England it was frequently the middle of three parts), there were alternatives. Around 1400 the English developed a custom of moving the cantus firmus melody between the parts; this is often described as a ‘migrant’ cantus firmus and the Old Hall Manuscript contains many examples. Another possibility was to place the cantus firmus in the highest voice and...
cantus firmus Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)
... firmus [ Lat .] Fixed song. A melody, usually taken from plainsong, used by composers in 14th–17th cents. as the basis of a polyphonic comp. and against which other tunes are set in counterpoint. Also, in 16th cent., the upper v.‐line of a choir. Sometimes referred to as canto fermo . see conductus...
cantus noun Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
... noun plural cantus L16 Latin (= song). Early Music A song, a melody, especially in church music. Also, the highest voice in a polyphonic...
cantus firmus noun phrase Reference library
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
... firmus noun phrase plural cantus firmi M19 Medieval Latin (= firm song). Music canto fermo...
cantus
Cantu Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
... US frequency (2010): 49126 Italian ( Cantú ) and Hispanic (mainly Mexico): habitational name from Cantù in Lombardy. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Jesus, Carlos, Ruben, Raul, Jorge, Arturo, Ricardo, Pedro,...
