A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Diminution
DIMINUTION, in Counterpoint, is the repetition of a subject or figure in notes of less value than in its original statement, as—
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[ C. H. H. P. ]
From volume 1 of the work.
DIMINUTION, in Counterpoint, is the repetition of a subject or figure in notes of less value than in its original statement, as—