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n. - Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).

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  • Apparently Handel associates monophony with "walking in darkness"!
  • Meanwhile the growth of the individual led to the growth of monophony in music, in which one voice stands out prominently, with an accompaniment of other voices.
  • The wind continued to carry its load of lonesome song " a lowing, an unceasing monophony that drew a cold white chalk line down Ethan's spine.
  • Monophonic music can also be called monophony.
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