Choral polyphony

Japanese: choral polyphony(英語表記)choralpolyphony
Choral polyphony

...Polyphony, which had previously been used mainly in religious music, also became popular in secular music. Vocal polyphony reached its peak during the Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Burgundian school in the first half of the 15th century combined the use of thirds, which had long been developed in England (at the time it was still considered an imperfect consonance and was not permitted to be used at key points in music), with the complex counterpoint of the continent, resulting in a new polyphony with flowing vocal melodies and rich triad sounds, as typified by the fauxbourdon (French), which consists of improvised parallel progressions of thirds and sixths.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "choral polyphony" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また従来は宗教音楽が中心であったポリフォニーは,これ以後世俗音楽でも盛んになる。 声楽ポリフォニーchoral polyphonyが最盛期を迎えたのは15~16世紀のルネサンス時代である。15世紀前半のブルゴーニュ楽派では,イギリスで古くから発展していた3度(当時はまだ不完全な協和音程と考えられ,曲の要所での使用が認められていなかった)の用法と,大陸の複雑な対位法とが融合され,3度と6度の即興的な平行進行からなるフォーブルドンfauxbourdon(フランス語)に代表されるような,流れるような歌唱的旋律と3和音的な響きの豊かさからなる新しいポリフォニーが生まれた。…

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