Catch (music)

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A Catch is a type of round - a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody, beginning at different times. In a catch, the lines of music often interact so that a word or phrase is produced that does not appear if sung by only one voice. This phrase has often been anywhere between innuendo-laden, politically subversive, or downright lewd.

Henry Purcell was a well-known composer of catches.

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