We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

The Pope has called for a revival of the sacred music of the church's past. After folk and rock 'n' roll Masses, what will the faithful make of polyphony, asks Aengus Collins Earlier this summer a ...

Editor’s note: To listen along as you read, click the links in the text. These pieces were performed for The Economist by the choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. IN 1605 Charles de Ligny, a Frenchman, ...

After Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon forced the annual Liturgical Festival of religiously themed classical music ...

At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony is a musical form “full of meaning” for prayer and Christian life, and cited the works of the ...

New York Polyphony will be performing at St Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford on Friday, Nov. 8. Founded in 2006, Polyphony is a male, a capella, classical vocal quartet focusing on music of the ...

New York Polyphony in their San Francisco Performances' debut performs an intimate meditation on the holiday season in Sing Thee Nowell, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, a program that spans nine ...

WASHINGTON >> St. John’s renowned Concert Series, Sundays “Live At Five”, ends its 2014 season with a performance by New York Polyphony, Sunday, Nov. 16. Praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s ...