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The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score. [1913 Webster] 4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music. [1913 Webster] The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation. [1913 Webster] Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson. Music box. See Musical box, under Musical. Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments. Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room or a church. Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. Music shell (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod shell (Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so called because the color markings often resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked. To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching. [Colloq. or Slang] [1913 Webster]  music n 1: an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner 2: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" [syn: music, euphony] 3: musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" 4: (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) 5: punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine" [syn: music, medicine]  Music synthesis from Bell Labs, 1960's. Versions: Music I through Music V. ["An Acoustical Compiler for Music and Psychological Stimuli", M.V. Mathews, Bell Sys Tech J 40 (1961)]. [Jargon File] (1999-06-04)  music n. A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare science-fiction fandom, oriental food; see also filk). Hackish folklore has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that supports this. Hackers, as a rule, like music and often develop musical appreciation in unusual and interesting directions. Folk music is very big in hacker circles; so is electronic music, and the sort of elaborate instrumental jazz/rock that used to be called `progressive' and isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's musical range tends to be wide; many can listen with equal appreciation to (say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine Dream, Dream Theater, King Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or the Brandenburg Concerti. It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes a much higher concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would expect from a similar-sized control group of mundane types.  Music Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of music is in the account of Laban's interview with Jacob (Gen. 31:27). After their triumphal passage of the Red Sea, Moses and the children of Israel sang their song of deliverance (Ex. 15). But the period of Samuel, David, and Solomon was the golden age of Hebrew music, as it was of Hebrew poetry. Music was now for the first time systematically cultivated. It was an essential part of training in the schools of the prophets (1 Sam. 10:5; 19:19-24; 2 Kings 3:15; 1 Chr. 25:6). There now arose also a class of professional singers (2 Sam. 19:35; Eccl. 2:8). The temple, however, was the great school of music. In the conducting of its services large bands of trained singers and players on instruments were constantly employed (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chr. 15; 16; 23;5; 25:1-6). In private life also music seems to have held an important place among the Hebrews (Eccl. 2:8; Amos 6:4-6; Isa. 5:11, 12; 24:8, 9; Ps. 137; Jer. 48:33; Luke 15:25).  music [mjuːzik] Musik  music [mjuːzik] musique  music kotta zene énekóra  music [mjuːzik] ceol; oirfide  music [mjuːzik] cantus  music [mjuːzik] muziek  music [mjuːzik] música  music [mjuːzik] música  music [mjuːzik] musik  music Musik f  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "music": Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Erato, Euterpe, Orpheus, Pierides, Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Terpsichore, arrangement, babel, clamor, copy, din, draft, edition, harmonics, harmony, hubbub, hullabaloo, hymnal, hymnbook, instrumental score, jangle, libretto, lute tablature, melodics, music paper, music roll, music theory, musical notation, musical score, musicality, musicography, musicology, notation, opera, opera score, orchestral score, pandemonium, part, piano score, racket, rhythmics, sacred Nine, score, sheet music, short score, songbook, songster, tablature, text, the Muses, the Nine, theory, transcript, transcription, tumult, tuneful Nine, uproar, version, vocal score, written music Music related |
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