单词 | rhythmica |
释义 | rhythmican. Now historical. The science or theory of rhythm (esp. in music); the branch of study that deals with this. Cf. rhythmic n.In quot. 1480 personified. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > study or science of music > [noun] > of rhythm rhythmicaa1398 rhythmic1603 rhymic?1775 rhythmics1833 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxxi. 1386 Of musike ben þre parties, armonica, rithmica, and metrica. 1480 Curia Sapiencie (Caxton) sig. ej There mayst thou see of Dame Armonyca Of Dame Metryk, and of dame Rethmica. 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xiv. 455 Rythmica, which respects the Proportion of Sounds as to Time, or the Swiftness and Slowness of their Successions. 1801 Asiatick Researches (London ed.) 6 505 The old uncouth music of the Greeks..was laid aside, it seems; but not without violent struggles on the part of the adherents of the old Rhythmica. 1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Musical Terms Rhythmica, a branch of ancient music which regulated the rhythm. 1985 K. Eales tr. A. F. Gallo Music of Middle Ages II. i. 2 A classification formulated by Isidore of Seville and subsequently frequently repeated by medieval writers, involved a division of music into three categories: harmonica, rhythmica, and metrica. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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