‖ moˈnodia Mus.
[It. or L.: see monody.]
(See quot.)
| 1880 Rockstro in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 354/1 Monodia. A term applied, by modern critics, to music written in what is sometimes called the Homophonic Style: that is to say, music, in which the Melody is confined to a single part, instead of being equally distributed between all the Voices employed, as in the Polyphonic Schools. |