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Early polyphony to 1300. (Sound Recording Reviews).
In mainstream western Christian Europe, music was originally monophony and liturgical music was chant--a single melodic line. Polyphony began when a second melodic line was added to chant at the consonant intervals of fourth, fifth and octave. Later, third and fourth parts were added, and other, less consonant intervals were employed. The history of Western European music since the fourteenth century has been marked by continued elaboration of the harmonic aspect of music.
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