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Musical phrase   /mjˈuzɪkəl freɪz/   Listen
Musical phrase

noun
1.
A short musical passage.  Synonym: phrase.





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"Musical phrase" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Wagner. His famous leitmotiv is an attempt to give personality to his characters by something beyond theatrical expedients and light effect. His method of using a definite motiv is a purely musical method. It creates a spiritual atmosphere by means of a musical phrase which precedes the hero, which he seems to radiate forth from any distance. [Footnote: Frequent attempts have shown that such a spiritual atmosphere can belong not only to heroes but to any human being. Sensitives cannot, for example, remain in a ...
— Concerning the Spiritual in Art • Wassily Kandinsky


Words linked to "Musical phrase" :   ostinato, tune, air, strain, melodic line, melody, ligature, melodic phrase, line, musical passage, passage


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