mediusn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːdɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈmidiəs/

Forms: 1500s 1700s 1900s– medius, 1600s medivs.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medius.

Etymology: < classical Latin medius middle (see medium adj.), after mean n.³ 9a.Latin medius is glossed as meane (see sense 1) in two 16th-cent. Latin-English dictionaries; one of these cites Pliny ( Nat. Hist. 10. 82): sonus medius, summus, imus, ‘the meane: the trebble: the base’. In fact Pliny uses the phrase to describe the range of the voice of a famous singer.

Music.

1. An intermediate vocal part in polyphonic music, often an alto or second (lower) treble part; = mean n.³ 9a. Now historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > middle parts

mean?a1400

medius1563

seconda1774

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > medieval mode > notes of modes

medius1563

mediant1721

dominant1823

modulation1880

participant1889

1563 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins (title) Medivs. of the whole psalmes in foure partes, whiche may be song to al musicall instrumentes.

1565 (title) Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches. [Title of Part] Medius.

1609 T. Ravenscroft Deuteromelia 17 Freemens Songs of 4. Voices. Treble..Medivs..Tenor..Bassvs.

1758 (title) Divine Melody in twenty-four choice Hymns; the first fifteen were set to Music, in two Parts, by Mr. Prelleur, the rest chiefly by Mr. Moze, who hath also composed a Medius to every Hymn.

1980 Early Music 8 25/1 The part lying above them, generally marked medius, is pitched a fifth higher; the interval between the lowest note of the tenor and contratenor, and the highest note of the medius, is exactly two octaves.

1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vi. 353 The mature verse anthems include the attractive ‘Christ rising again’, with two soprano (i.e. medius) soloists.

†2. In ecclesiastical music: = mediant n. 1(a). Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale

keya1450

seventh1591

fifth1597

final1609

octave1656

sub-octave1659

keynote1677

mediant1721

sensible note?1775

subdominant?1775

submediant?1775

medius1782

leading note1786

nominal1786

subsemitone1799

superdominant1806

supertonic1806

tonic1806

subtonic1817

dominant1823

sensitive note1845

nominal note1884

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 583 The Mode, the Dominant, and Medius, are all the same [in the three chants].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medius
释义	mediusn. Brit. /ˈmiːdɪəs/, U.S. /ˈmidiəs/ Forms: 1500s 1700s 1900s– medius, 1600s medivs. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medius. Etymology: < classical Latin medius middle (see medium adj.), after mean n.³ 9a.Latin medius is glossed as meane (see sense 1) in two 16th-cent. Latin-English dictionaries; one of these cites Pliny ( Nat. Hist. 10. 82): sonus medius, summus, imus, ‘the meane: the trebble: the base’. In fact Pliny uses the phrase to describe the range of the voice of a famous singer. Music. 1. An intermediate vocal part in polyphonic music, often an alto or second (lower) treble part; = mean n.³ 9a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > middle parts mean?a1400 medius1563 seconda1774 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > medieval mode > notes of modes medius1563 mediant1721 dominant1823 modulation1880 participant1889 1563 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins (title) Medivs. of the whole psalmes in foure partes, whiche may be song to al musicall instrumentes. 1565 (title) Mornyng and Euenyng prayer and Communion, set forthe in foure partes, to be song in churches. [Title of Part] Medius. 1609 T. Ravenscroft Deuteromelia 17 Freemens Songs of 4. Voices. Treble..Medivs..Tenor..Bassvs. 1758 (title) Divine Melody in twenty-four choice Hymns; the first fifteen were set to Music, in two Parts, by Mr. Prelleur, the rest chiefly by Mr. Moze, who hath also composed a Medius to every Hymn. 1980 Early Music 8 25/1 The part lying above them, generally marked medius, is pitched a fifth higher; the interval between the lowest note of the tenor and contratenor, and the highest note of the medius, is exactly two octaves. 1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vi. 353 The mature verse anthems include the attractive ‘Christ rising again’, with two soprano (i.e. medius) soloists. †2. In ecclesiastical music: = mediant n. 1(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > notes in diatonic scale keya1450 seventh1591 fifth1597 final1609 octave1656 sub-octave1659 keynote1677 mediant1721 sensible note?1775 subdominant?1775 submediant?1775 medius1782 leading note1786 nominal1786 subsemitone1799 superdominant1806 supertonic1806 tonic1806 subtonic1817 dominant1823 sensitive note1845 nominal note1884 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 583 The Mode, the Dominant, and Medius, are all the same [in the three chants]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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