| Percussion and even the early harp played no part in the great development from monody to polyphony. |
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| Among the different vocal and instrumental styles that characterise the medieval period, monody plays an essential part. |
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| Most of the piece will consist of monody, sometimes choral and sometimes soloistic. |
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| The traditional melodies of the French repertoire are marked by the musical clarity of modal monody. |
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| All the essential components of Messiaen's art are united in the score: Gregorian monody, birdsong, modes, communicable language. |
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| The experience of hearing liturgical chant several times a day rekindled my interest in monody and ornamentation. |
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| The development of monody was itself a necessary precondition for that most expensive of all performance institutions, opera. |
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| Its regretful, transfiguring ending, built out of a wonderfully orchestral monody, is remarkable, and the clarity of the textures is quite startling. |
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| Towards the end of the period, the early dramatic precursors of opera such as monody, the madrigal comedy, and the intermedio are seen. |
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| The florid, coloratura monody of the early Baroque gave way to a simpler, more polished melodic style. |
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| Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness. |
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| Not only was he protector of the Sistine Chapel Choir, but he was also at the forefront of the late Renaissance shift from medieval polyphony to monody. |
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| Orfeo combines the most avant-garde elements of music used in Monteverdi's time monody, bits of madrigal writing, and innovative use of the instruments. |
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| The group's efforts to revive ancient Greek music— building on the work of the theorist Girolamo Mei were an important factor in the evolution of monody, expressive solo song with simple chordal accompaniment. |
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