Definition of Contrafact. Meaning of Contrafact. Synonyms of Contrafact

- A contrafact is a musical work based on a prior work. The term comes from classical music and has only since the 1940s been applied to jazz, where it is...
- A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement. Typically the original...
- Dutch fondness for its royal family, the House of Orange-N****au. It is a contrafact, sharing the same melody as the children's song "We zijn er bijna (lit...
- that the lyrics were not about Soviet Jews. The song was originally a contrafact, and this practice continued in ghettos and camps during the Second World...
- was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989. "Ornithology" is a contrafact – a newly created melody written over the chord progression of another...
- "Giant Steps". "26-2" is one of several contrafacts by Coltrane, others including "Countdown", a contrafact of Miles Davis's "Tune Up"; and "Satellite"...
- Thelonious Monk. Contents Top 0–9 A B C E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U W A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under...
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