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melos Mus.|ˈmɛlɒs, ˈmiːlɒs|
[a. Gr. µέλος song, tune.]
Song, melody; spec. the succession of tones considered apart from rhythm; an uninterrupted flow of melody.
1740J. Grassineau Mus. Dict. 129 Melos, is no more than a song or piece of melody. 1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3), Melos, a term applied by the ancients to the sweetness of any melody; or to that quality or character by which a melody was rendered agreeable. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 286/2 Melos... A succession of musical sounds as opposed to noises. A tune. A song. 1887E. Dannreuther tr. Wagner's On Conducting 18 He [sc. a conductor] found the right tempo whilst persistently fixing the attention of his orchestra upon the melos of the symphony. The right comprehension of the melos is the sole guide to the right tempo. 1903A. W. Patterson Schumann 205 The tasteful melos or arioso which, throughout, takes the place of recitative. 1947Penguin Music Mag. II. 13 The ‘melos’ by which he [sc. Wagner] means the unifying thread of line that gives a work its form and shape. 1963Times 5 June 15/4 Size and melos and purposeful rhythm are the chief characteristics of Professor Josef Krips's Beethoven readings. 1964C. Howell tr. Gélineau's Voices & Instruments Christian Worship i. 20 By means of melos he lets the words take on the colors of the prism of sentiments which illuminates them. |