PASSAGEWORK

Meaning of PASSAGEWORK in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ w ə rk

Function: noun

Date: 1865

: a section of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and consisting especially of ornamental figures

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PASSAGEWORK — noun Date: 1865 a section of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and consisting especially of ornamental figures
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PASSAGEWORK — /pas"ij werrk'/ , n. Music. 1. writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSAGEWORK — noun Date: 1865 : a section of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and consisting especially of ornamental figures
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PASSAGEWORK — ■ noun music affording scope for virtuoso playing.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PASSAGEWORK — [pas.sage.work] n (1865): a section of a musical composition characteristically unimportant thematically and consisting esp. of ornamental figures
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Английский словарь Британика
FANTASIA — n. Musical composition free in form and inspiration, often for an instrumental soloist. Most fantasias try to convey the impression …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CASTRATO — n. Male soprano or alto voice produced as a result of castration before puberty. The castrato voice was introduced in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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