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DEMESTVENNY POLYPHONY

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DEMESTVENNY POLYPHONY - A type of early Russian polyphony, dating from the 16th-17th c., that was contrapuntal in nature and characterized by a complex texture resulting from the relative rhythmic independence of the component voices.

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