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I would like to vote for 'motif' if you are talking about a single line melody. Grove defines it as this: "A short musical idea, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, or any combination of these three. A motif may be of any size, and is most commonly regarded as the shortest subdivision of a theme or phrase that still maintains its identity as an idea. It is most often thought of in melodic terms, and it is this aspect of motif that is connoted by the term ‘figure’. Thus, for example, in the opening theme of Beethoven’s Sonata in E op.109 a case could be argued for either half a bar or one bar constituting a motif, though the latter interpretation would probably be favoured by most listeners, since the two pairs of notes together form an identifiable contour; the two-note members might then be called ‘cells’" My $.02 Chris Schiff Music and Arts Librarian Bates College On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Maureen Dawley <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I have been talking to our music librarian who suggested counter melody: > two distinct melodic lines > > which are sounded simultaneously. One melody is subordinate > (accompaniment) but can become more dominant depending on the piece. > > Suggesting more within than counter. > > We searched: > > Harvard Dictionary of Music > > Merriam Webster > > Google countermelody as one word. > > > > Mo > > > > Mo Dawley > > Art and Drama Librarian > > Senior Librarian > > Carnegie Mellon University > > [log in to unmask] > > 412-268-6625 > > > > *From:* ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Sheila > A. Cork > *Sent:* Friday, March 28, 2014 10:05 AM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] musical term > > > > See below: > > Counterpoint is the combination of two or more melodic lines, the second > or later additional melodies described as counterpoints to the first. If > harmony is regarded as vertical, as it is in conventional notation, > signifying the simultaneous sounding of notes in chords, counterpoint may > be regarded as horizontal. The adjective from counterpoint is contrapuntal. > The phrase modal counterpoint is used to indicate 16th century counterpoint > or Palestrina <http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio25625.htm>counterpoint and the phrase tonal counterpoint is used to indicate the > later baroque counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach<http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/bio17648.htm>and his contemporaries. > > > > Sheila A. Cork > Librarian > New Orleans Museum of Art > City Park > 1 Collins Diboll Circle > P.O. Box 19123 > New Orleans, LA 70179-0123 > > 504-658-4117 > [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Katherine Howard <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:53 PM > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] musical term > > > > Could you provide a bit more detail/context Ellen? It could be > motif... > > Thanks, > Katherine > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Ellen Chapman <[log in to unmask]>; > *To: *<[log in to unmask]>; > *Subject: *Re: [ARLIS-L] musical term > *Sent: *Thu, Mar 27, 2014 8:53:24 PM > > > > Counter-melody? > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2014, Marlene Koenig wrote: > > > > > > > > > Looking for the name of a melody within a melody – any musicologists > here. > > > > > > Apparently devised by Beethoven > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Marlene Koenig > > > > Librarian – WAAC > > > > Virginia Tech > > > > 1001 Prince street > > > > Alexandria, VA 22314 > > > > 703-706-3039 (phone) > > > > 703-549-0532 (fax) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about > joining > > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters > > (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] > > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Christopher Schiff Music and Arts Librarian The George and Helen Ladd Library Bates College 48 Campus Ave Lewiston, ME 04240 ph: (207) 786-6274 fax: (207) 786-6055 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~