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/ˈɔː.ɡə.nəm/ · noun
(music) A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong..
He [Francis Bacon] has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Aristotle[…]
Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum.
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Organum means (music) A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong..
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He [Francis Bacon] has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Aristotle[…]
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