• In vocal music, contrafactum (or contrafact, pl. contrafacta) is "the substitution of one text for another without substantial change to the music". The...
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    Massachusetts. The use of the same melody as the British royal anthem is a contrafactum which reworks this symbol of British monarchy to make a statement about...
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    for the Latin text: the 1610 copies give the underlay for the English contrafactum, sung at the 1610 investiture of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, "Sing...
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  • swapping of lyrics without substantial change to the music is known as contrafactum. The words describe a series of images of hardships that the industrious...
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    others. Eloise Hubbard Linscott believes the first part of the song is a contrafactum of the ballad "My Grandmother Lived on Yonder Little Green", published...
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    Zimmermannsgeselle" and of "Lauriger Horatius". The tune has also been used (as a contrafactum) to carry other texts on many occasions. Notable uses include: "The Red...
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    for which a melody has survived. The melody has been suggested to be a contrafactum of 12th-century troubadour Jaufre Rudel's song "Lanquan li jorn". The...
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  • Music Bootleg recording Chopped and screwed Contrafact list Contrafactum Cover version DJ mix Interpolation Medley Music mashup Music plagiarism Musical...
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    Music Bootleg recording Chopped and screwed Contrafact list Contrafactum Cover version DJ mix Interpolation Medley Music mashup Music plagiarism Musical...
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    the metre of the lyric, suggesting that "Under der linden" might be a contrafactum of a French original. Full Poem: *Tándaradéi is the sound of the nightingale...
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