Definition of Musical composition

1. Noun. A musical work that has been created. "The composition is written in four movements"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Musical Composition

music therapy
music to someone's ears
music video
music videos
musica ficta
musical
musical accompaniment
musical agraphia
musical alexia
musical arrangement
musical bow
musical box
musical boxes
musical chairs
musical comedy
musical composition (current term)
musical drama
musical genre
musical group
musical harmony
musical instrument
musical instrument digital interface
musical instruments
musical interval
musical intervals
musical mode
musical murmur
musical notation
musical note
musical octave

Literary usage of Musical composition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"3407) provides that two copies of a book, map, chart or musical composition, etc., shall be delivered at the office of the Librarian of Congress. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The development of plan or design in musical composition has been the fruition of the last two centuries, ала, in spite of all dispute as to its paramount ..."

3. Rhythm, Music and Education by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"CHAPTER VII EURHYTHMICS AND musical composition (1915) Rhythm in nature—Theory of the born musician—Experiments in musical rhythm—Contrasts between movement ..."

4. Music (1897)
"A GREEK musical composition OF THE THIRD CENTURY, BC BY LUDVIK KUBA. It is really strange that whereas, in poetry and sculpture, ancient Greek culture has ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"Elements of musical composition; Comprehending the Rules of thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning ..."

6. The Law Relating to Works of Literature and Art: Embracing the Law of by John Shortt (1884)
"3 " if the owner for the time being of the copy- ^"y"^^ right in any musical composition shall, after due notice being r«?ht for non- given to him or his ..."

7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"And be it further enacted, That, if any person or persons, after the recording the title of any print, cut, or engraving, map, chart or musical composition, ..."

8. The Musical World (1882)
"Would it not be better, therefore, to state upon the title page " this Song, Quadrille," or other musical composition " may be performed without any fee. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Musical composition on Dictionary.com!Search for Musical composition on Thesaurus.com!Search for Musical composition on Google!Search for Musical composition on Wikipedia!

Search