See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

CANTO (from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. cantus, a See also:

• SONG

song)  , one of the divisions of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long poem, a convenient See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division when See also:

• POETRY

poetry was more usually sung by the See also:

• MINSTREL

minstrel to his own See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment than read . In See also:

• MUSIC

music, the See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto, iii a concerted piece, is that See also:

• PART

part to which theair is given . In See also:

• MODERN

modern music this is nearly always the See also:

• SOPRANO (a variant of Ital. sovrano, supreme, sovereign, Late Lat. superanus, from super, above)

soprano . The old masters, however, more frequently allotted it to the See also:

• TENOR (through Fr. and It. from Lat. tenor, holding on, course, sense of a law, tone)

tenor . Canto See also:

• FERMO (anc. 1%irmum Picenum)

fermo, or cantus Jirmus, is that part of the See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody which remains true to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive, while the other parts vary with the See also:

• COUNTERPOINT (Lat. contrapunctus, " point counter point," " note against note ")

counterpoint; also in See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church music the See also:

• SIMPLE

simple straight-forward melody of the old chants as opposed to canto figurato, which is full of embellishments of a florid See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character (see See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

PLAIN See also:

• SONG

SONG) .