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Definition & Synonyms
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• Music
- (n.) The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
- (n.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
- (n.) Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
- (n.) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
- (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
- (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
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Euphony, Medicine,
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• Music drama
- () An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character, in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious declamation, the development of leitmotif, great orchestral elaboration, and a fusion of poetry, music, action, and scene into an organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold," "Walkure," "Siegfried," "Gotterdammerung," and "Parsifal."
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• Musically
- (adv.) In a musical manner.
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