The penultimate entry of the first subject is a canon between the soaring treble part and the pedal, with descending semiquaver scales in the inner parts.

Later this season, look for an authentic "Messiah," with period instruments and boys' voices taking the treble parts; the world premiere of a commissioned work by Lee Hyla, and the renowned pianist Jorge Bolet playing Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto.

The people of Hainburg heard him sing treble parts in the church choir.

He could sight-read any score, even one of Domick's, without missing a beat or an awkward interval, or those florid embellishments Domick insisted on writing for the treble parts.

There is some evidence that polyphony survived and was incorporated into editions of the psalter from 1625, but usually with the congregation singing the melody and trained singers the contra-tenor, treble and bass parts.

However, the melody is in the tenor part, not the treble part.

Another polyphonic ensemble, a Georgian men's choir named after a work song, "Elesa," will perform songs in which bass and treble parts are improvised around a melody line, then topped with a high, strong voice yodeling up above.

It was used in German-speaking countries to play the treble part in chorales, and this tradition survives in Moravian trombone choirs.

Sometimes he placed the treble part of the compass on a higher pressure than the bass, to emphasize melody lines and counteract the natural tendency of small pipes (especially reeds) to be softer.

As noted, treble parts will be sung by boys instead of women, and period instruments should add to the sense of musical authority.