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Reference Entry

Polyphony

Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī

in The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India

Published in print January 2011 | ISBN: 9780195650983
Published online January 2011 | e-ISBN: 9780199797721
Polyphony

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Term in Western music for the simultaneous use of two or more voices or sounds in different pitches. In polyphony,

Reference Entry.  74 words. 

Subjects: Indian music

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