fa-lan.¹

Brit.

/ˌfɑːˈlɑː/, U.S.

/ˌfɑˈlɑ/

Forms: 1500s– fa-la, 1600s– fal-la. Also (in sense a) frequently with reduplication of the second element. See also fal lal int.

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Probably imitative of a jubilant musical cadence or flourish, after fa n. and la n.¹, the names of solmization syllables (see gamut n. 2a). Compare later fal lal int., and also earlier la int. b(a).

a. Used as a refrain.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > refrain > specific refrain

friscajoly?1520

nonny-nonny?1535

nonny-noc1550

trim-tram1583

fa-la1595

Lillibullero1688

folderol1701

twinkum twankum1729

tol-de-rol1765

1595 T. Morley 1st Bk. Balletts i. sig. B Sit wee heere our loues recounting. Fa la la la.

a1706 Earl of Dorset in Earl of Rochester et al. Wks. (1718) 61 To all you Ladies now at Land..With a Fa, la, la, la, la.

a1800 W. Cowper To Celia in Poet. Wks. (1880) 45 No serenade to break her rest..With my fa, la, la.

b. Music. A sort of madrigal or ‘ballet’ in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > part-song > types of part-song

three-man('s) gleec1425

madrigal1584

villanellea1586

air1597

fa-la1597

villanella1597

glee1659

villotta1876

Napoletana1938

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 180 Another kind of Ballets, commonlie called fa las.

1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 18 Your Madrigals, or Fala's of five and six parts.

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 55 Balletts, or Fal-las, of the end of the sixteenth century.

attributive.1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 78 Fifths or thirds And other Crankums set and shown Many Fa la words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fa-la
释义	fa-lan.¹ Brit. /ˌfɑːˈlɑː/, U.S. /ˌfɑˈlɑ/ Forms: 1500s– fa-la, 1600s– fal-la. Also (in sense a) frequently with reduplication of the second element. See also fal lal int. Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Probably imitative of a jubilant musical cadence or flourish, after fa n. and la n.¹, the names of solmization syllables (see gamut n. 2a). Compare later fal lal int., and also earlier la int. b(a). a. Used as a refrain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > refrain > specific refrain friscajoly?1520 nonny-nonny?1535 nonny-noc1550 trim-tram1583 fa-la1595 Lillibullero1688 folderol1701 twinkum twankum1729 tol-de-rol1765 1595 T. Morley 1st Bk. Balletts i. sig. B Sit wee heere our loues recounting. Fa la la la. a1706 Earl of Dorset in Earl of Rochester et al. Wks. (1718) 61 To all you Ladies now at Land..With a Fa, la, la, la, la. a1800 W. Cowper To Celia in Poet. Wks. (1880) 45 No serenade to break her rest..With my fa, la, la. b. Music. A sort of madrigal or ‘ballet’ in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > part-song > types of part-song three-man('s) gleec1425 madrigal1584 villanellea1586 air1597 fa-la1597 villanella1597 glee1659 villotta1876 Napoletana1938 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 180 Another kind of Ballets, commonlie called fa las. 1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 18 Your Madrigals, or Fala's of five and six parts. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony ii. 55 Balletts, or Fal-las, of the end of the sixteenth century. attributive.1838 J. Struthers Poet. Tales 78 Fifths or thirds And other Crankums set and shown Many Fa la words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1595
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