Meaning cantus firmus
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cantus firmusa "borrowed" melody (plainsong, chorale, folk tune) to which other melodic lines are added in a contrapuntal texture.
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cantus firmus[1] ("firm song") an unchanging melody that is used as the basis for a composition -- originally was Plainchant.
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cantus firmusliterally "firm chant," a pre-existing melody such as a chorale tune to which counterpoint has been set. See Cantus Firmus unit from Mus 303 class.
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cantus firmus("fixed melody") A pre-existing plainchant or secular melody incorporated into a polyphonic composition, common from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries.
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