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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Quintoyer

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From volume 3 of the work.

2291501A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — QuintoyerGeorge GroveWilliam Smyth Rockstro


QUINTOYER (Old Eng. Quinible). To sing in Fifths—a French verb, in frequent use among extempore Organizers during the Middle Ages. [See Organum, Part-Writing.]

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