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Definition of Melodies
1. melody [n] - See also: melody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodies
Literary usage of Melodies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The seventeenth century increasingly exhibits, in the composition of melodies,
the influence of the aria song which toward the end of the sixteenth century ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"A Selection of Scotish melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Piano
Forte, by Henry R. Bishop, and Words by Horace Twiss, Esq. No. I. . ..."
3. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"This occurs in two ways; either the melodies are of equal dynamic ... Several
melodies of Equal Importance. This happens more particularly in duos, trios, ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"When the idea of this work was originally suggested to me, the Irish melodies of Mr.
Moore had not yet appeared. It was then my intention to publish a ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Only about twenty-four new melodies appear to have been composed in the ...
Accordingly their melodies were very simple, as those of the Credo are still. ..."
6. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1895)
"The melodies of any people must, of course, consist of notes taken from the ...
Attempts have often been made to write down the melodies of nations whose ..."
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