Which definition for soggetto cavato is correct?

a. A cantus firmus extracted from the vowels of a name.
b. A genre in which a vernacular text in an upper voice is sung simultaneouslywith a Latin chant in the tenor

c. An instrumental piece commemorating someone's death.
d. A term for polyphony in which a melodic line is joined to a "bell" line limitedto the three tones of the tonic triad.


a

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