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Roberto Strappafelci <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:54:04 +0100
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Todd Michel McComb wrote:

>I don't know about Italian, but in English this is very inaccurate, even
>ridiculous.

Kevin Sutton wrote:

>Enough of this.  Here is the definition of homophony from the Harvard
>Dictionary of Music:

Well, such replies made me think...  So I did my research and found that
"monody" and "homophony" had a drastically different usage in English and
Italian.  Believe me or not, this is uncommon.  We never stop learning!

My apologies to the group.

Roberto Strappafelci

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