music

Roget category 415

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#415. Music

noun

music — concert — strain, tune, air — melody etc. 413 — aria, arietta^† — piece of music [Fr.], work, number, opus — sonata — rondo, rondeau [Fr.] — pastorale, cavatina^†, roulade^†, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza — cadence — fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno [It], dithyramb — opera, operetta — oratorio — composition, movement — stave — passamezzo [It], toccata, Vorspiel [G.].
instrumental music — full score — minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra — concerted piece [Fr.], potpourri, capriccio.
vocal music, vocalism^† — chaunt, chant — psalm, psalmody — hymn — song etc. (poem) 597 — canticle, canzonet^†, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo^†, solfeggio^†.
Lydian measures — slow music, slow movement — adagio etc. adv. — minuet — siren strains, soft music, lullaby — dump — dirge etc. (lament) 839 — pibroch^† — martial music, march — dance music — waltz etc. (dance) 840.
solo, duet, duo, trio — quartet, quartett^† — septett^† — part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale — antiphon^†, antiphony — accompaniment, second, bass — score — bourdon^†, drone, morceau^†, terzetto^†.
composer etc. 413 — musician etc. 416.

verb

compose, perform etc. 416 — attune.

adjective

musical — instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic — harmonious etc. 413 — Wagnerian.

adverb

adagio — largo, larghetto, andante, andantino^† — alla capella [It] — maestoso^†, moderato — allegro, allegretto — spiritoso^†, vivace^†, veloce^† — presto, prestissimo^† — con brio — capriccioso^† — scherzo, scherzando^† — legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando^†, affettuoso^† — obbligato — pizzicato — desto^†.

phrase

in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]; like the faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]; music arose with its voluptuous swell" [Byron]; music is the universal language of mankind" [Longfellow]; music's golden tongue" [Keats]; the speech of angels" [Carlyle]; will sing the savageness out of a bear" [Othello]; music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.

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