MELISMATIC

Meaning of MELISMATIC in English

|melə̇z|mad.ik adjective

Etymology: Greek melismat-, melisma + English -ic

of music : relating to or having melisma : florid

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MELISMATIC — adjective see: melisma
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MELISMATIC — see melisma
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MELISMATIC — melismatic BrE AmE ˌmel ɪz ˈmæt ɪk ◂ § ˌ•əz- AmE -ˈmæt̬ ɪk ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ORGANUM — Early polyphonic setting of plainchant (see Gregorian chant ), the earliest form of counterpoint . The oldest written organum (с …
Английский словарь Британика
SYLLABIC MELODY — noun or syllabic song : a song (as a Gregorian chant) in which each syllable has but one note — …
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DIVISION — də̇ˈvizhən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English devisioun, from Middle French division, from Latin division-, divisio, from divisus (past …
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CLAUSULA — ˈklȯzhələ noun ( plural clausu·lae -ˌlē) Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin, end, close of a rhetorical period, from clausus, past …
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MELISMA — — melismatic /mel'iz mat"ik/ , adj. /mi liz"meuh/ , n. , pl. melismas, melismata /-meuh teuh/ . Music. an ornamental …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ORGANUM — plural Organa, originally, any musical instrument (later in particular an organ); the term attained its lasting sense, however, during the …
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MASS — the celebration of the Eucharist (q.v.) in the Roman Catholic church. The term mass is derived from the rite's Latin …
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GOSPEL MUSIC — a form of black American music derived from church worship services and from spiritual (q.v.) and blues singing. Gospel music …
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VEDIC CHANT — religious chant of India, the expression of hymns from the Vedas, the ancient scriptures of Hinduism. The practice dates back …
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NOTRE-DAME SCHOOL — during the late 12th and early 13th centuries, an important group of composers and singers working under the patronage of …
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MCPHATTER, CLYDE — born Nov. 15, 1932, Durham, N.C., U.S. died June 13, 1972, New York, N.Y. in full Clyde Lensey McPhatter American …
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LEONIN — flourished 12th century Latin Leoninus leading liturgical composer of his generation, associated with the Notre Dame, or Parisian, school of …
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GREGORIAN CHANT — monophonic, or unison, liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church, used to accompany the text of the mass and the …
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AMBROSIAN CHANT — monophonic, or unison, chant that accompanies the Latin mass and canonical hours of the Ambrosian rite. The word Ambrosian is …
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MELISMA — n. (pl. melismata or melismas) Mus. a group of notes sung to one syllable of text. melismatic adj. [ Gk …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MELISMA — n. (pl. melismata or melismas) Mus. a group of notes sung to one syllable of text. Derivatives: melismatic adj. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
ORGANUM — n. Early polyphonic setting of plainchant (see Gregorian chant ), the earliest form of counterpoint . The oldest written organum …
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