monody

/'mɔnədi/

Thân thiện

A singer performs a monody with a lute accompaniment.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A style of music with a single melodic line: In music, "monody" refers to a composition or passage featuring a single vocal part, typically with instrumental accompaniment. This style emerged prominently in the early Baroque period, emphasizing clear text declamation over complex polyphony.
   • A poem lamenting a person's death; an elegy: In literature, "monody" can denote a poem, often a lament, intended to be sung by a single voice, expressing grief or mourning for someone who has died.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Music):
  • The early Baroque opera featured a monody that allowed the singer's emotional delivery to be clearly understood.
  • The composer's shift from polyphony to monody marked a significant change in musical expression.
• Noun (Poetry):
  • The poet wrote a moving monody for his late friend.
  • Her latest work is a monody reflecting on personal loss.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Context: The term is often used in musicology to describe the revolutionary texture pioneered around 1600, which led to opera, cantata, and oratorio. It contrasts with the preceding Renaissance polyphonic style.
  • The development of monody was crucial for the birth of opera.
• As a Literary Term: In literary criticism, it specifies a poem of lamentation meant for solo performance, distinguishing it from a chorus.
  • Milton's "Lycidas" is considered a pastoral monody.

Variants and Related Words

• Monodic (adj): Pertaining to or having the character of monody.
  • The piece has a monodic texture throughout.
• Monodist (n): A composer or singer of monody.
  • He was known as a skilled monodist.

Synonyms

• Music: Solo song, accompanied melody, homophonic song.
• Poetry: Dirge, elegy, lament, threnody.

Related Phrases

• In monodic style: Performed or composed in the manner of monody.
  • The aria is written in a monodic style to highlight the text.

Related Idioms

(This term is highly specific and does not commonly feature in idiomatic expressions.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• monophony
• monophonic music