Muse of Lyric Poetry and Music

Muse of Lyric Poetry and Music
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  • Muse — Muse, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. {Mosaic}, n., {Music}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; often used in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Words and Music (play) — Samuel Beckett wrote the radio play, Words and Music between November and December 1961. [Both James Knowlson ( Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett , p 497) and Stan Gontarski ( The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 650) quote these… …   Wikipedia

  • Muse — /myoohz/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various… …   Universalium

  • music — (n.) mid 13c., musike, from O.Fr. musique (12c.) and directly from L. musica the art of music, also including poetry (also source of Sp. musica, It. musica, O.H.G. mosica, Ger. Musik, Du. muziek, Dan. musik), from Gk. mousike (techne) (art) of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Music — Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or musical …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Music box — Music Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Music hall — Music Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Music loft — Music Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Music of the spheres — Music Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Music paper — Music Mu sic, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?), any art over which the Muses presided, especially music, lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.] 1. The science and the art of tones, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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