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What is a quodlibet?

What is a quodlibet? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (music) A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
  2. (art) A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
  3. (philosophy) A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
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Variation 30: Four-part quodlibet using two popular melodies and the fundamental bass.
Nim is the fattest man in quodlibet, and besides, is the most dressy and good-natured man we have.
A change had also taken place in the business affairs of quodlibet.
Chapter 5, 'Relevantistic Logic', concerns logics which reject exfalso quodlibet.
From this he generates canons, overtures, duets, fugues, 3-part sinfonias, and even the famous quodlibet, in which several tunes sound simultaneously.
In this case one must also add as a primitive rule ex falso quodlibet.

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