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单词 recte and retro
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recte and retroadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈrɛkteɪ (ə)n(d) ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛkteɪ (ə)n(d) ˈrɛtroʊ/
Forms:

α. 1600s 1900s– recte and retro.

β. 1600s–1700s 2000s– recte & retro.

γ. 1800s recte et retro.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rectē , and conj.1, Latin retrō; Latin recte et retro.
Etymology: In α. forms < classical Latin rectē recte adv. + and conj.1 + retrō retro adv. In β. forms < post-classical Latin recte et retro in the right way and backwards (1770 or earlier) < classical Latin rectē + et and + retrō . In β spellings & may represent either and conj.1 or classical Latin et.
Music.
A. adv.
= per recte et retro adv. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adverb] > canon
recte and retro1631
per recte et retro1812
canonically1875
1631 E. Bevin Briefe & Short Instr. Art of Musicke 19 Moreouer you haue two in one Recte & Retro, when one part singeth forward and the other backward, which is somewhat difficult to be made vpon a Plainsong, but without, the easiest of all other.
1667 C. Simpson Compend. Pract. Musick 166 Some Canons are made to be Sung Recte & Retro (as they phrase it;) that is Forward and Backward; or one Part forward and another backward.
1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. iii. 365 Fugues, that sung both backward and forward, or, in musical phrase, recte et retro.
B. adj.
= per recte et retro adj. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adjective] > canon
canonical1609
recte and retro1631
cancrizans1782
per recte et retro1812
canonic1854
finite1869
infinite1869
rectus et inversus1938
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke iii. 176 (heading) Canon 8. parts in 4. retro & retro [sic].]
1631 E. Bevin Briefe & Short Instr. Art of Musicke 19 Canon. Recte and Retro.
1667 C. Simpson Compend. Pract. Musick v. 166 Of Retrograde Canon, or Canon Recte & Retro.
1778 T. Williams Instr. Miniature learning Psalmody 52 In Canons Recte & Retro, one Part imitates another backwards.
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 243/1 The canon Recte et Retro has but one peculiarity, and pretends to only one merit, namely, that it may be sung either forwards or backwards.
1976 Musical Times Jan. 67/1 Byrd's inclusion of the eight-part Diliges Dominum (8-in-4, recte and retro) was surely a response to Tallis's seven-part Miserere.
2007 D. Collins in E. Bevin Briefe Instr. Art of Musicke i. 58 Simpson describes another type of canon recte & retro in which a four-part piece comprising two trebles and two basses can be reworked as a two-part treble and bass piece.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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