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canon (music)

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

canon in music, a type of counterpoint employing the strictest form of imitation . All the voices of a canon have the same melody, beginning at different times. Successive entrances may be at the same or at different pitches. Another form of canon is the circle canon, or round , e.g., Sumer Is Icumen In . In the 14th and 15th cent. retrograde motion was employed to form what is known as crab canon, or canon cancrizans, wherein the original melody is turned backward to become the second voice. In the 15th and 16th cent. mensuration canons were frequently written, in which the voices sing... Read more

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canon In music, form of counterpoint using strict imitation. All the voices or parts have the same melody, but each voice starts at a different time, at the same or a different pitch.

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The Oxford American College Dictionary

ca·non·ic / kəˈnänik / • adj. 1. Music in canon form. 2. another term for canonical . DERIVATIVES: ca·non·i·cal·ly / -ik(ə)lē / adv.

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	CLAUDIA VON CANON, 79; WAS AUTHOR, MIT MUSIC INSTRUCTOR Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/21/2002; ; 483 words ; Claudia von Canon, 79, a retired music and Latin instructor at the...raised by an aunt. Mrs. von Canon went on to attend a music conservatory in Vienna. In...nearly 20 years teaching music and Latin. Mrs. von Canon adored teaching and felt... Read more
	Regional gospel music clinic scheduled for Canon City. Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 8/26/2006; 258 words ; Byline: Marvin Read Aug. 26--Canon City's First Christian Church will again host a Gospel Music Harmony Clinic, Oct. 5-7. The...Colorado City, Ordway and Canon City. Jim and Sandy Stanbro...the event's full name - the Canon City Gospel Music Harmony Clinic - Jim Stanbro... Read more
	BRIEF: Trio brings music, humor to Canon Rose event. Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 9/7/2007; 215 words ; ...Tracy Harmon Sep. 7--CANON CITY -- Lively Celtic music and jokes will abound...stage to kick off the Canon Rose Acoustic Society...of live, traditional music performances. The concert...to their lively Celtic music performances. The group... Read more
	Old West music at heart of Canon Rose concert. Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 3/23/2007; 210 words ; Byline: Tracy Harmon Mar. 23--CANON CITY -- A journey back to the Old West, featuring cowboy hats, acoustic music and humorous sagas, will highlight the Canon Rose Acoustic Society concert starting...tell tall tales. The duo will perform music from their recording, Back In The Saddle...the Sunset ... Read more
	Blossom Festival brings sunshine, music and fun: Canon City festival continues today with Mania of Melodies and Bands of Brothers. Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 5/7/2006; 428 words ; Byline: Tracy Harmon May 7--CANON CITY - The sun came through and smiled on the Music & Blossom Festival Saturday...high-stepped their way into the 68th Music & Blossom Festival history...church and old-time gospel music at Centennial Park, Fourth... Read more
	Sondheim canon fodder for Ephrata director, fans; 'A Little Night Music' opens Thursday in place of 'Follies.' Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 9/29/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...entire Stephen Sondheim musical canon. It just worked out that way...Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music." Having also directed a hit...them all, only "A Little Night Music" produced a hit song -- "Send in the Clowns." "A Little Night Music" also spawned a film adaptation... Read more
	A few of my favourite things ; Rodgers and Hammerstein's remarkable canon is full of acid, mordant pleasures, says Michael Coveney. So why is the sugary 'Sound of Music' being revived? Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/14/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...production of The Sound of Music, which ran for seven years...be an anticlimax in a great canon. Or is it just in dire need...words, and almost too sweet for music. There is, after all, only...film at Sing-along-a-Sound of Music. Judi Dench performs "Sixteen...ground to make up. The Sound of ... Read more
	The Canon within the Canon: Sacred Song and Liturgical Music in the Twenty-First Century Magazine article from: Pastoral Music; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...ancient treasure" of choral music holds a large part of the...Roman Catholic liturgical music holds both a historical and...contemporary center. This core or "canon" of music plays a prominent role in...worshipers know this liturgical music so well that they sing the...remains part of the ... Read more
	Multimedia beat.(Belkin's four-channel audio mixer )(Canon's DVD camcorder)(Harman Kardon's automotive music system, "Drive + Play 2")(Brief article) Magazine article from: Macworld; 3/1/2007; 182 words ; ...four different instruments or audio sources to record audio onto an iPod for instant playback ($180). DC220, from Canon (www.usa.canon.com): DVD camcorder features a 35x optical zoom lens, a miniSD memory-card slot that can record still images at... Read more
	Women and the Western art canon: where are we now? Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...surrounding women and their music in the Western canon. (1) In this essay, I...Actual women and their music played a central role. Canon formation became a lens...selecting and valuing music. As Gender and the Musical Canon asserted, it makes the... Read more

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	Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites.(Sound Recording Review) Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 7/1/2005
	Cuckfield vicar to become Honorary Canon. Newspaper article from: Mid Sussex Times (Haywards Heath, England); 1/14/2008
	Married priest celebrating Mass in Saginaw: parish cites canon law, invites priest. (Saginaw, Michigan; Father Leo Lynch) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/26/1993

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