Note: Before you take a look at my descant, you can also read my research on the origins and forms of descants in general. There, you will see that descant had different meanings depending on the historical period in question. Here, descant denotes the meaning it received in the 20th century in hymn singing – the free-flowing contrapuntal melody above the main melodic line.
Here is my first descant, written for oboe and flute, on the theme of Na haste do castanheiro, where I also added in the tambourine:

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