Cantus firmus Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
In music, cantus firmus is the basic material to be set using polyphony. The cantus firmus was originally always taken from Gregorian Chant and was the fixed melodic material, moving in whole notes, around which other more florid lines, instrumental and/or vocal, were composed around. Eventually the cantus firmus came to be set in a different rhythm in different movements of the same composition, or be made up or taken from a source besides chant (from popular music).Setting the cantus firmus was the essential pedagogical tool in Gradus Ad Parnassum by Joseph Fux and formed the basis of teaching his species counterpoint.
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