organ point
noun
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In No. 23 at the end of the last movement, an organ point reminds us that the full intentions of the composer are not recorded.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockThe piano phrase in the Rondo of No. 11 , before the organ point and the pause bar, is striking.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockThe final phrase, strengthened by an organ-point on two notes, is fairly thrilling.
Contemporary American Composers | Rupert HughesFrom shore the cheerful watch-cry of cocks rang out at intervals above the organ-point of surf.
In the South Seas | Robert Louis StevensonDrift then, from radiance to near-commonplace, above the organ-point of things unsaid.
The Trial of Callista Blake | Edgar Pangborn
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