单词 | anacrusis |
释义 | anacrusisn. 1. Music. An unstressed note or group of notes at the beginning of a phrase. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > beat > unaccented beat thesisa1398 anacrusis1763 arsis1775 upbeat1869 afterbeat1901 offbeat1901 1763 St. James's Mag. Sept. 42 There are five parts to it [sc. a certain melody], the Anacrusis, the Ampeira, Cataceleusmus, Iambi, and Dactyli together, and the Syringes. 1973 Word 1970 26 62 In the first movement of Beethoven's ‘Eroica’ Symphony, measure 280, an anacrusis had led up to a rest. 2015 Jrnl. Musicol. 32 163 Radix venie has a two-note melisma, and the final note of the perfection becomes an anacrusis, setting the first syllable of a new line of text. 2. Prosody. An unstressed syllable or group of syllables at the beginning of a verse. Also as a mass noun: the occurrence of such a syllable or syllables at the beginning of a verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > introductory short syllable(s) anacrusis1811 upbeat1883 1811 Brit. Rev. June 457 Such a verse would in fact be nothing more than a cretic with an anacrusis. 1942 J. C. Pope Rhythm of Beowulf 49 Anacrusis derives its effect..from being placed in the up-beat or arsis. 1998 H. Damico Medieval Scholarship II. 192 The first half-line, with its frequent double alliteration and occasional addition of one or two prefatory syllables of anacrusis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1763 |
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