Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒuntrepoint n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒuntrepoint n.(1) Also counter-. |
| Etymology | AF; CF contrepoint. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The art of singing an accompaniment to plain song, contrapuntal singing.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)242/49 : Ferst to enforme a childe in his counterpoynt, he most ymagyne his vnisoun þe 8te note fro þe playnsong beneþe.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)258/8 : He may not faile of his countirpoint in short tyme.