| LC control no. | sh 85047497 |
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| Topical heading | Fauxbourdon |
| Variant(s) | Fau bordon Fau wordon Fauburdum Faul bordon Faul wordon Faulx bourdon |
| See also | Improvisation (Music) |
| Found in | New Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Feb. 24, 2011: Fauxbourdon [faulx bourdon; fau(l) bordon, fau(l) wordon; fauburdum] (A technique of either improvised singing or shorthand notation particularly associated with sacred music of the 15th century.) New Harvard dict. of mus.: A15th-century technique of composition, employed in short pieces or sections within longer pieces...two voices are notated ... in the earliest and most widely accepted method of realization, a third voice paralleling the upper part at the fourth below is added in performance. |
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