Catch
A Dictionary of Musical Terms · 1895 · p. 3
Originally, an unaccomp. round for 3 or more voices, written as a continuous melody, and not in score; the “catch ” was for each succeeding singer to take up or catch his part at the right time. Later, a new element was introduced, and words were selected in such sequence that it was po ible, either by mispronunciation or by interweaving the words and phrases apportioned to the different voices, to produce the most ludicrous and comical effects,
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