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Definition of Musical passage
1. Noun. A short section of a musical composition.
Exact synonyms: Passage
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Specialized synonyms: Allegro, Allegretto, Andante, Intro, Musical Phrase, Phrase, Cadence, Cadenza, Largo, Adagio, Recitative, Modulation, Transition, Impromptu
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Specialized synonyms: Allegro, Allegretto, Andante, Intro, Musical Phrase, Phrase, Cadence, Cadenza, Largo, Adagio, Recitative, Modulation, Transition, Impromptu
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musical Passage
Literary usage of Musical passage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of the Morning: An Account of Japan and Its People by William Gray Dixon (1882)
"... Retreat—musical passage— Immense Bell—Singing and Dancing Girls—The City as
seen by Moonlight from Maruyama—' Unless you want me to become a Buddhist, ..."
2. The Musical World (1862)
"The question then is, obviously, how comes it that no sooner does a musical
passage approach actual and pronounced description than we are sensible of a ..."
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