Found 4 hits - Term: music hall, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
music \mu"sic\, n. f. musique, fr. l. musica, gr. ? sc. ?,
any art over which the muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to muses
or fine arts, fr. ? muse.
1. the science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
1913 webster
note: not all sounds are tones. sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. see tone.
1913 webster
2.
a melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
b harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
1913 webster
3. the written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
1913 webster
4. love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
1913 webster
the man that hath no music in himself
nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --shak.
1913 webster
5. zool. a more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower animals. see stridulation.
1913 webster
magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --tennyson.
music box. see musical box, under musical.
music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.
music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.
music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.
music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.
music shell zool., a handsomely colored marine gastropod
shell voluta musica found in the east indies; -- so
called because the color markings often resemble printed
music. sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
to face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
colloq. or slang
1913 webster
see also:
tone stridulation magic music music box musical box musical
music hall music loft music of the spheres music paper music pen
music shell voluta musica to face the music
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
music hall \music hall\
a place for public musical entertainments; specif. eng.,
esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which
smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.
webster 1913 suppl.
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
music hall
n 1: a theater in which vaudeville is staged syn: vaudeville
theater, vaudeville theatre
2: a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. syn: vaudeville
see also:
vaudeville theater vaudeville theatre vaudeville
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 moby thesaurus words for "music hall":
elizabethan theater, globe theatre, greek theater, amphitheater,
arena, arena theater, assembly hall, auditorium, cabaret, chapel,
circle theater, club, concert hall, convention hall, dance hall,
exhibition hall, gallery, hall, house, lecture hall,
little theater, meetinghouse, night spot, nightclub, opera,
opera house, outdoor theater, playhouse, showboat, stadium,
theater, theater-in-the-round, theatron
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Folk Music, definition of term: Folk Music
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Dance Music, definition of term: Dance Music
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Great Hall, definition of term: Great Hall
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Dance Hall, definition of term: Dance Hall
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