Usually means: Secondary melody accompanying the subject.
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  1. countersubject: Merriam-Webster
  2. countersubject: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. countersubject: Collins English Dictionary
  4. countersubject: Wiktionary
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  6. countersubject: Dictionary.com
  7. Countersubject: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (countersubject)

▸ noun:  (music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music

Similar:
countermelody, counter-melody, counterline, counter melody, counterpoint, contrapuntalism, contrapunto, contrapuntism, counterchord, quodlibet, more...

Opposite:
subject, main theme, principal theme

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Similar:
countermelody, counter-melody, counterline, counter melody, counterpoint, contrapuntalism, contrapunto, contrapuntism, counterchord, quodlibet, more...

Opposite:
subject, main theme, principal theme



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