Definition of Set to music

1. Verb. Write (music) for (a text). "Did he set to music his major works over a short period of time?"

Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Compose, Write

Definition of Set to music

1. Verb. (music) To adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Set To Music

set sail
set screw
set shot
set square
set squares
set straight
set the Thames on fire
set the bar
set the cat among the pigeons
set the pace
set the stage
set the tone
set the wheels in motion
set theoretically
set theory
set to music (current term)
set to work
set tool
set top box
set up
set up shop
set upon
seta
setaceous
setae
setal
setar
setaria
setariasis
setars

Literary usage of Set to music

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

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And as for the words, there will be no difference between words which are and which are not set to music ; both will conform to the same laws, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Many of his songs have been set to music and have become a part pf the national melodies. He also made a number of translations from the English and French. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Many of his songs have been set to music and have become a part of the national melodies. He also made a number of translations from the English and French. ..."

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