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Synonyms:
- unison, concert, concinnity, coherence, aria, music, harmony, proportion, concerto, air, syncopation, vocalization, bass, score, unity, hymn, ditty, chord, sonata, lyric, tune, consonance, song, blues, ballet, symmetry, ballad, instrumental, orchestra, symphonic music, quartet, chant, philharmonic, melody, arrangement, cantata, chorus, carol, balance, composition, adagio, lullaby, bebop, concord, jazz, allegro, orchestration, andante, symphony orchestra, serenade, psalm, consonancy
Examples:
- - Do I not hear a faint symphony of despairing cries like a dreadful music about my life? - "Bye-Ways", Robert Smythe Hichens
- - I found it impossible, for instance, to communicate to Mendelssohn what I felt to be a perverse piece of negligence with regard to the tempo of the third movement in Beethoven's Symphony in F major, No. 8. This is one of the instances I have chosen out of many to throw light upon certain dubious aspects of music amongst us. - "On Conducting (Ueber das Dirigiren): A Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music", Richard Wagner (translated by Edward Dannreuther)
- - She did not often listen to music, for then she could remain no longer mistress of her emotions; the tumultuous sounds of a symphony, the final anguish of Tristan, made vain all her efforts at self- control; and when she got home, she could only throw herself on her bed and weep passionately. - "The Explorer", W. Somerset Maugham
