The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polyphonist
Polyphonist \Po*lyph"o*nist\, n.
A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
(Mus.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Wiktionary
polyphonist
n. 1 One who is proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist. 2 (context music English) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Usage examples of "polyphonist".
One by one the jurors gathered round the strange polyphonist, and, without a word being spoken, every one knew that it was the best piano-forte in the Exhibition.
The texts of the motets were generally in prose, and the early polyphonists saw no obvious reason for imposing upon this essentially rectilinear material a circular musical form.