单词 | part-song |
释义 | part-songn. Music. A song for a number of voices (usually three or more), frequently without accompaniment.In strict sense, part-song designates a song with parts in simple harmony (not with parts independent as in the glee, or contrapuntally treated as in the madrigal); however, the term is often applied more widely. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > part-song ballett1595 part-song1731 1597 J. Dowland (title) The firste booke of songes or ayres of fowre partes with tableture for the lute. a1695 H. Purcell Orpheus Britannicus (1698) 39 A Two Part Song, in Epsome-Wells.] 1731 E. Roome et al. Brome's Jovial Crew ii. ii. 25 Let us sing the Part-Song that I made for you, that which contains all our Characters, I mean those we had in better Times. 1850 Novello's Part-Song Bk. No. 1. p. i It is intended to select some of the most striking of these German choruses and part-songs, for insertion. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iv. vi. 221 He went over to the piano and they sang a part song. 1930 Speculum 5 215 The first theme of success..is..abundantly represented in the part-songs and bergeries of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 1955 Times 5 Sept. 3/4 Sentimental interpretation of small part-songs of nugatory musical merit. 1988 Music & Lett. 69 552 In one of his last letters..he reaffirmed his faith in Elgar: he wrote of the partsongs with an insight that was to remain rare where they were concerned for many years. 2002 New Yorker 4 Nov. 34/1 They sing German part-songs from the Romantic era. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731 |
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