descants in English

noun
1
an independent treble melody usually sung or played above a basic melody.
Jacques told me that everyone was in such awe when I sang it, no one would sing the descant while I was at college.
verb
1
talk tediously or at length.
I have descanted on this subject before
verb

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1. Carols for Choirs 1 includes carols for audience and congregation with varied harmonizations and festive descants, the full text of the traditional Nine Lessons printed in the appendix, and a detailed list of the carol orchestrations available on rental.