Monody Definition | What is Monody? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
A Greek ode sung by a single actor and lamenting a person's death. A modern example is Monody on the Death of a Platonist Bank Clerk by John Betjeman.
Synonyms
monophonic music
Related Terms
accord, accordance, alba, anacreontic, attune, attunement, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, chime, chiming, clerihew, concentus, concert, concord, concordance, consonance, consonancy, consort, coronach, dead march, death knell, death song
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