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According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The lists include carnivals, alphabets, and equestrian games; traditions of boatbuilding and polyphonic song; systems of irrigation, navigation, divination, and conflict remediation; and at least one constitution—the Manden Charter, proclaimed eight centuries ago in present-day Mali.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2024
Joined by triumphant bursts of strings and winds, John Thiessen’s bracing trumpet (celebrating the slaying of the enemies) brought the oratorio to an exuberant finish, the six singers aglow in a glorious polyphonic weave.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
The relentlessly polyphonic interior monologue makes for a frenetic, hilarious 100 minutes.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The lists include carnivals, alphabets, and equestrian games; traditions of boatbuilding and polyphonic song; systems of irrigation, navigation, divination, and conflict remediation; and at least one constitution—the Manden Charter, proclaimed eight centuries ago in present-day Mali.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2024
Joined by triumphant bursts of strings and winds, John Thiessen’s bracing trumpet (celebrating the slaying of the enemies) brought the oratorio to an exuberant finish, the six singers aglow in a glorious polyphonic weave.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
The relentlessly polyphonic interior monologue makes for a frenetic, hilarious 100 minutes.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyphonic
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The drivers achieve a piston-like motion across the audio spectrum which reduces harmonic distortion.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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And while the fundamentals have remained in place, the dynamics have improved noticeably, with the bass sounding far more pronounced, showing the harmonic complexities that lie beneath the band’s hard-charging, feel-good roof-raisers.Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2024
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
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The film rightly credits Williams with almost single-handedly saving the orchestral film score, a tradition on its way out as synthesizers, jazz and pop songs came to dominate soundtracks.Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Hanan Townshend’s score, with its heavy, rhythmic breathing and ethereal tones, cultivates a constant atmosphere of unease.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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The six-stringed tandem of Murray, Gers and Smith sounded like an orchestra together as each guitarist delivered virtuosic lyrical solos — with Harris and McBrain providing muscular rhythmic support.David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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This episode sets the risky tonal foundation on which every subsequent one is built.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cutting from a moment of extreme violence to Kiryu at the Kamurocho batting cages, while a totally authentic representation of the games, would have created a tonal whiplash that would have taken even the most diehard Yakuza fan out of the show.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
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Maybe that explains why their playing in the Eighth Symphony sang out with such fullness and breadth, and why chordal passages had such strong hints of a church choir.New York Times, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
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Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
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The pop-up will feature a photo booth, lyric wall and a massive wreath so guests can recreate the diva's Christmas album cover.Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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While she’s dipped her toes into lyric writing before and recorded some relative obscurities in the jazz catalog, she’s often thought of as a neo-traditionalist Great American Songbook type.Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Polyphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyphonic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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