polyphony

The polyphony is bold and free, the voices exhibiting an independence perhaps unknown since the days of the madrigalists.

Yet again, he talks vaguely of the intricate polyphony of a cosmic orchestra, cacophonous to our dull ears.

The cellos weave it into the polyphony, sometimes clearly, sometimes in scarcely recognizable augmentation.

Polyphony is their vital element; the forms of counterpoint became more appropriate as the number of parts increased.

With regard to style of writing for the clavier—a few canonic imitations excepted—there is no real polyphony.