Glee

Glee, a form of musical composition confined to England, for three or more solo voices, usually unaccompanied, and in two or three different measures. Unlike the madrigal, it is not strictly contrapuntal, but is written for single voices to each part - a, characteristic which distinguishes it from the modern part song. The greatest glee composers were Webbe (1740-1816), Stevens (1757-1837), and John Wall Calco'tt (1766-1821).