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Definition of Dissonances
1. dissonance [n] - See also: dissonance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissonances
Literary usage of Dissonances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"Consequently, we recognize only " accents of dissonances. ... The foundation of
dissonances;, however, is generally allowed to be more ..."
2. Intervals, Chords and Ear Training for Young Pianoforte Students by Jean Parkman Brown (1897)
"Consonances and Dissonances: Dependent and Independent Chords. ' \ The perfect
and major intervals and the intervals formed from these, the minor, ..."
3. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1895)
"These, by their names, are supposed to be specially agreeable; all other combinations
of two notes are called dissonances, and are supposed to be ..."
4. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1879)
"These, by their names, are supposed to be specially agreeable; all other combinations
of two notes are called dissonances, and are supposed to be ..."
5. Counterpoint Simplified: A Text-book in Simple Strict Counterpoint by Francis Lodowick York (1907)
"In Modern or Free Counterpoint, on the other hand, any chord used in Harmony is
available for use, dissonances enter without preparation, and are used with ..."
6. History of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament by Eduard Reuss (1884)
"... the one thing instead of wrangling over subordinate points, and tried to find
amid the dissonances of the letter the higher harmony of all revelation. ..."
7. The Rendering of Nature in Early Greek Art by Emanuel Loewy (1907)
"... and the same conception with the not less firmly rooted sense of relation to
the spectator, we have such dissonances as the well-known Delian Nike (F%. ..."
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