organum
Definition of the Latin term organum in music:
- musical instrument
- early form of polyphony in which one or more added voices accompany a cantus firmus (typically in parallel motion)
- composition making use of this type of polyphony
Language
Latin
Singular
organum
Plural
organa
Combinations
Latin musical terms that include organum:
- claviorganum – claviorgan (combination of a keyboard instrument s...
- organum duplum – organum in two parts
- organum mensuratum – literally "measured organum"...
- organum plenum – full organ (with all or most of the organ stops dr...
- organum purum – literally "pure organum"...
- organum quadruplum – organum in four parts
- organum triplum – organum in three parts
- vox organalis – the second part added to the vox principalis (perf...