part-writing

How to use part-writing in a sentence

• Taken altogether he is a light, pleasing and gay composer whose part-writing is cleaner than that of most of his countrymen.

  The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer

• Both parts skipping in contrary motion to a fifth or octave should be avoided in two-part writing.

  A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons | Friedrich J. Lehmann

• If one can get over the thinness of the part-writing, especially in the slow movements, there is much to enjoy in them.

  The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock

• The form is concise and symmetrical, the part-writing is clear and well-balanced, and a "sunny sweetness" is the prevailing mood.

  Haydn | J. Cuthbert Hadden

• The part-writing is often exceedingly elaborate, but the most complicated concerted pieces flow on as naturally as a ballad.

  The Opera | R.A. Streatfeild