"contrafact" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contrafacts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} contrafact (plural contrafacts)
  1. A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition. Categories (topical): Music Translations (musical composition): Kontrafaktur [feminine] (German)

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