Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, firm; fast; unchanged. See
canto fermo .
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July 20, 2009 at 2:03 pm err…umm…we canz turn down da fermo… tempz…make it less cowld inna my nappy plais?
Mommmm, I think it’s time to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Tutto in questo video, dai titoli coi colori slavati, fino al fermo immagine finale, urla anni ottanta.
No Fat Clips!!! : Galactic feat. Boots Riley – Hustle Up 2008
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It has been pointed out by Liliencron [17] that what appears at first sight to be rhythmic chaos in the polyphonic _Volkslied_ is really a highly artistic and effective device for bringing the _canto fermo_ -- the ancient tune -- into prominence; whilst the other voices are generally in
Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight
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The change was very gradual, but the _Volkslied_ in its latest and most complete development is practically an instrumental composition, retaining, however, its bond with the past on the one hand through the words, on the other through the _canto fermo_ in the tenor, the familiar ancient tune round which the counterpoint was woven in a kind of canonical imitation, first (fifteenth century) in three parts then
Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight
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_Primo Libra di Messe_ on the _canto fermo_ of the hymn _Conditor alme siderum_ is published in modern notation in the _Anthologie des maîtres religieux primitifs_ of the _Chanteurs de Saint Gervais_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Later Pius X, by his encyclical "Il fermo proposito" (11 June, 1905) modified the Non Expedit, declaring that, when there was question of preventing the election of a "subversive" candidate, the bishops could ask for a suspension of the rule, and invite the Catholics to hold themselves in readiness to go to the polls.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The Italian mottetto was originally (in the thirteenth century) a profane polyphonic species of music, the air, or melody, being in the Tenor clef, taking the then acknowledged place of the canto fermo or plainchant, theme.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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While the chant melody has been frequently used as a canto fermo for polyphonic Masses, the polyphonic settings are few compared with many hymns of less prominence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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He exercised his contrapuntal ingenuity by devising schemes for circumventing this troublesome passage in the canto fermo of his life without breaking any of the rules, and finally hit upon the device of running away.
Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889
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In life we have destiny from which there is no escape; in counterpoint we have the canto fermo of which not a note may be altered.
Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889
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