an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
2.
the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.
3.
musical work or compositions for singing or playing.
4.
the written or printed score of a musical composition.
5.
such scores collectively.
6.
any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves.
7.
appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul.
8.
Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds.
—Idiom
9.
face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.
[Origin: 1200–50; ME musike < L mūsica < Gk mousik (téchné) (the art) of the Muse, fem. of mousikós, equiv. to Moûs(a) Muse+ -ikos-ic]
The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.
A musical composition.
The written or printed score for such a composition.
Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano.
A musical accompaniment.
A particular category or kind of music.
An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds: the music of the wind in the pines.
[Middle English, from Old French musique, from Latin mūsica, from Greek mousikē (tekhnē), (art) of the Muses, feminine of mousikos, of the Muses, from Mousa, Muse; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
c.1250, from O.Fr. musique (12c.), from L. musica, from Gk. mousike techne "art of the Muses," from fem. of mousikos "pertaining to the Muses," from Mousa "Muse." In classical Greece, any art in which the Muses presided, but especially music. Meaning "film or theater piece of which song is an essential element" is from 1938. The use of letters to denote music notes is probably at least from ancient Greece, as their numbering system was ill-suited to the job. Natural scales begin at C (not A) because in ancient times the minor mode was more often used than the major one. The natural minor scale begins at A. To face the music "accept the consequences" is from 1850; the exact image is uncertain, one theory ties it to stage performers, another to cavalry horses having to be taught to stay calm while the regimental band plays. To make (beautiful) music with someone "have sexual intercourse" is from 1967. Children's game musical chairs is attested from 1877, hence use of musical as a modifier meaning "changing rapidly from one to another possessor" (1924). Musicology "the study of the science of music" is from 1909.
the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments Example: She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; (also adjective) a music lesson
Arabic:
موسيقى
Chinese (Simplified):
音乐
Chinese (Traditional):
音樂
Czech:
hudba; hudební
Danish:
musik; musik-
Dutch:
muziek
Estonian:
muusika
Finnish:
musiikki
French:
(de) musique
German:
die Musik; Musik-…
Greek:
μουσική
Hungarian:
zene
Icelandic:
tónlist
Indonesian:
musik
Italian:
musica; di musica*
Japanese:
音楽
Korean:
음악
Latvian:
mūzika
Lithuanian:
muzika
Norwegian:
musikk
Polish:
muzyka
Portuguese (Brazil):
música
Portuguese (Portugal):
música
Romanian:
(de) muzică
Russian:
музыка
Slovak:
hudba; hudobný
Slovenian:
glasba
Spanish:
música
Swedish:
musik
Turkish:
müzik
music2[ˈmjuːzik]noun
the written form in which such tones etc are set down Example: The pianist has forgotten to bring her music.
Musiclanguage, music A series of languages for musical sound synthesis from Bell Labs, 1960's. Versions: Music I through Music V. ["An Acoustical Compiler for Music and Psychological Stimuli", M.V. Mathews, Bell Sys Tech J 40 (1961)]. [The Jargon File] (1999-06-04)
Har"mo*ny\, n.; pl. Harmonies. [ F. harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. ? joint, proportion, concord, fr. ? a fitting or joining. See Article. ]1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony. 3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels. 4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. --Milton. 5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music. Syn: Harmony, Melody. Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.
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(téchné) (the art) of the Muse, fem. of mousikós, equiv. to Moûs(a) 
