"melismatic" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "1998, Barbara Newman, Introduction, Barbara Newman (translator), Hildegard von Bingen, Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum, Cornell University Press, 2nd Edition, page 28,\nIn general, the more melismatic a piece, the more solemn, elaborate, and difficult it is, and the more the text is dominated by the music."
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          "ref": "2006, James Grier, The Musical World of a Medieval Monk: Adémar de Chabannes in Eleventh-century Aquitaine, Cambridge University Press, page 358:",
          "text": "The melismatic content of this chant lies at the extreme of what is typical for responsories, usually considered among the most melismatic chant types.",
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