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In music, a high-pitched line for one or more sopranos, added above the normal soprano line (melody) of a hymn tune; a high-pitched instrument of a family, such as the descant recorder (known in the USA as soprano recorder); or an improvised melody sung against a written voice part, also known as faburden, fauxbourdon, or discant.

Older English writers used the term descant to mean counterpoint.
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Craig Watson was the soloist in When a child is Born the choir performed descants where appropriate and the final carol was Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
COLNE VALLEY/LONGWOOD; HUDDERSFIELD DISTRICT by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
And although Church's very traditional soprano is a little too polished for the spiritual-style lyrics of Jester Hairston's ``Mary's Boy Child'' and Mel Torme's classic ``Christmas Song,'' most of the selections take advantage of her range and power, especially the soaring descants of ``O Come All Ye Faithful,'' ``Hark the Herald Angels Sing'' and Charles Gounod's ``Ave Maria.
SOUND CHECK SPOTLIGHT ON.. by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
She wrote in the book, Village People: 'How wonderful it would be to live next door to a church; the descants wafting through the kitchen every Sunday with the tinkle of the collection plate and the smell of incense.
GOODBYE PAULA; Sir Bob is distraught Stars pay tribute in sombre ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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