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Homophone
Homophone Hom"o*phone, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. --Gliddon. 2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Homophonic
Homophonic Ho`mo*phon"ic, Homophonous Ho*moph"o*nous, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. 2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
Homophonous
Homophonic Ho`mo*phon"ic, Homophonous Ho*moph"o*nous, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. 2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
Homophony
Homophony Ho*moph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homophonie.] 1. Sameness of sound. 2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

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- and homophon settings to illustrate the text. Even polyphon movements typically end on a dramatic long musical rest, followed by a broad homophon conclusion...
- Company, which also owned Beka Records, Parlophone, Fonotipia, Lyrophon, Homophon and other labels. Lindström was acquired by the English Columbia Graphophone...
- "Parlophon"), Beka Records, Okeh Records, Fonotipia Records, Lyrophon, Homophon, and other labels. Lindström sold the company to Max Straus (Odeon co-founder)...
- kein Satz, wie z. B. das Allegro des ersten Kyrie, welches, volkommen homophon, 40 Takte lang bei einem ebenso oft wiederkehrenden monotonen Rhythmus...
- choir for Day by day we magnify thee and divided in eight parts for the homophon Glory be to the Father. In the Te Deum, Handel inserted short solos to...
- was able to record a number of records for the firms Lindström/Odeon, Homophon, Vox and Artiphon from 1922 to 1930, some of them as a soloist, and also...