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song of the early 17th century, particularly the period from about 1600 to 1640. The term is used both for the style and for individual songs (so one can speak both of monody as a whole as well as a particular monody). The term itself is a recent invention of scholars. No composer of the 17th century
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Contrasting passages in monodies could be for the most part melodic or for the most part declamatory and the two styles of presentation developed into the
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practices of melody and declamation (probably with little historical accuracy), one solo voice sings a melodic part, usually with considerable
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line and instrumental accompaniment. Although such music is found in various cultures throughout history, the term is specifically applied to
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has become specialized to refer to a poem in which one person laments another's death. (In the context of
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style, in which groups of voices sang independently and with a greater balance between parts.
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ever called a piece a monody. Compositions in monodic form might be called
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refers to a solo vocal style distinguished by having a single
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respectively, both of which came to be incorporated into the
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The parallel development of solo song with accompaniment in
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Musical monody, which developed out of an attempt by the
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An important early treatise on monody is contained in
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