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A descant, discant, or discantus is any of several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. The Harvard Dictionary of Music states:
In hymns, 12th-century Aquitanian polyphony & Origin and development
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Descant | is a | form of medieval music in which one singer sang a fixed melody | 0.90 | text |
| recorders | instance of | it was adopted as the name of the highest register of instruments | 0.80 | text |
| cornets | instance of | it was adopted as the name of the highest register of instruments | 0.80 | text |
| viols | instance of | it was adopted as the name of the highest register of instruments | 0.80 | text |
| and organ stops | instance of | it was adopted as the name of the highest register of instruments | 0.80 | text |
| Hal Hopson | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| David Hurd | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| Robert Powell | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| Richard Proulx | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| and Carl Schalk.In the United Kingdom | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| elsewhere | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
| the Carols for Choirs collection | instance of | offers 254 descants by composers | 0.80 | text |
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