Music

  • 71Music —    No textual information has survived on ancient Egyptian music, but original instruments have been recovered, and musical instruments are depicted on tomb reliefs. Music was used as a background for songs and hymns and for dancing in a… …

    Ancient Egypt

  • 72Music —    In addition to the making of rhythmic sound aided by drums, rattles, bells, and other instruments, shamans in many cultures sing or chant in the course of the rituals they conduct. Some of this music has healing intent and/or properties, some… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 73music — n 1. sounds, tones, rhythm; singing, instrumentation, orchestration; harmonization, harmony, euphony; cacophony, dissonance; counterpoint, polyphony. 2. melody, tune, cavatina, song, lay, descant, aria, arietta, strain; theme, passage, chorus,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 74music — /ˈmjuzɪk / (say myoohzik) noun 1. an art of organising sound in significant forms to express ideas and emotions through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and colour. 2. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or… …

  • 75music — See: FACE THE MUSIC …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 76music — See: FACE THE MUSIC …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 77music — 1. noun /ˈmjuːzɪk/ a) A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time. b) Any pleasing or interesting sounds Syn: melody, vibe 2. adjective /ˈmjuːzɪk/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 78music —    During the heyday of touring companies, most opera houses maintained their own orchestras to perform incidental music during the action of the play as well as two or three set pieces during an interval. According to a November 1908 playbill,… …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 79MUSIC — MUltiple Signal Classification (Computing » Hardware) * Music United For Strong Internet Copyright (Community » Non Profit Organizations) …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 80music —    See hymns/music …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism