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Definition of Melismata

Melismata
Melisma Me*lis"ma, n.; pl. Melismata. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a song.] (Mus.) (a) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation. (b) A grace or embellishment.

Meaning of Melismata from wikipedia

- Look up melismata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melismata may refer to: Melisma, the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several...
- μέλισμα, mélisma, lit. 'song'; from μέλος, melos, 'song, melody', plural: melismata) is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several...
- however the oldest known musical version is found in Thomas Ravenscroft's Melismata in 1611. The lyrics involve a frog courting a mouse (Missie Mouse). The...
- from five or six notes per syllable to over sixty in the more prolix melismata. Epistle for the Solemn M**** of Easter Day Example of liturgical recitative...
- (Roud 5, Child 26) is an English folk ballad, printed in the song book Melismata compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611, but it is perhaps...
- (1609), Deuteromelia or The Second Part of Musicks Melodie (1609) and Melismata (1611), which contains one of the best-known works in his collections...
- can be seen from the different placement of certain syllables in the melismata in his version and in the Walsh first edition. A performance takes about...
- fugato is the same with only slight variations by adding ornaments on melismata. However, the same four-note theme is also found in the finale of Joseph...
- the Bed for soprano and four instruments 1982 String Quartet No. 5 1982 Melismata for solo violin 1982 About Time for piano 1983 Canonical Form for piano...
- his idea of subtlety is anguished longing, and he cradles his earthy melismata in soft, billowy backgrounds. It's as if he sought to combine the tormented...