diabolus in musican.

Brit.

/dɪˌabəlʊs ɪn ˈmuːziːkə/,

/dʌɪˌabələs ɪn ˈm(j)uːzɪkə/, U.S.

/daɪˌæbələs ɪn ˈmuzikə/

Forms: 1800s– diabolus in musica, 1900s– diabolos in musica.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin diabolus in musica.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin diabolus in musica the devil in music ( < diabolus devil (see devil n.) + classical Latin in (see in prep.) + mūsica music n.), more fully mi contra fa, est diabolus in musica ‘mi’ against ‘fa’ is the devil in music (1725 in a text from Austria, and thereafter common in German-language contexts), after German Mi contra Fa ist der Teuffel in der Musica (1613); so called as the interval was regarded as unstable and rejected as a consonance by most theorists. Compare slightly earlier diabolus n.In form diabolos in musica with substitution of Hellenistic Greek διάβολος devil (see devil n.) for the first element.

Music.

= tritone n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fourth > augmented fourth

tritone1609

diabolus1838

diabolus in musica1853

1853 H. H. Pierson tr. L. van Beethoven Stud. Thorough-bass ii. iv. 78 It cannot be denied that this ‘diabolus in musica’ (as the old writers termed it) sounds somewhat harsh in two-part harmony.

1882 Musical Times Aug. 452/1 That luckless interval the tritone..has been proscribed, detested, and cursed as the diabolus in musica.

1936 Discovery Apr. 116/1 The ‘tritone’, a 2-note chord with an interval of 6 semi-tones..used to be known as ‘diabolus in musica’.

1971 Tempo No. 97. 23 The intervallic contraction of the original ‘Dominus’ figure..has resulted in a starkly exposed diabolus in musica.

2014 T. Duguid Metrical Psalmody Print & Pract. vi. 132 Ficta was applied to avoid both the harmonic and melodic interval of an augmented fourth (also known as the tritone or diabolus in musica).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diabolus in musica
释义	diabolus in musican. Brit. /dɪˌabəlʊs ɪn ˈmuːziːkə/, /dʌɪˌabələs ɪn ˈm(j)uːzɪkə/, U.S. /daɪˌæbələs ɪn ˈmuzikə/ Forms: 1800s– diabolus in musica, 1900s– diabolos in musica. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin diabolus in musica. Etymology: < post-classical Latin diabolus in musica the devil in music ( < diabolus devil (see devil n.) + classical Latin in (see in prep.) + mūsica music n.), more fully mi contra fa, est diabolus in musica ‘mi’ against ‘fa’ is the devil in music (1725 in a text from Austria, and thereafter common in German-language contexts), after German Mi contra Fa ist der Teuffel in der Musica (1613); so called as the interval was regarded as unstable and rejected as a consonance by most theorists. Compare slightly earlier diabolus n.In form diabolos in musica with substitution of Hellenistic Greek διάβολος devil (see devil n.) for the first element. Music. = tritone n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fourth > augmented fourth tritone1609 diabolus1838 diabolus in musica1853 1853 H. H. Pierson tr. L. van Beethoven Stud. Thorough-bass ii. iv. 78 It cannot be denied that this ‘diabolus in musica’ (as the old writers termed it) sounds somewhat harsh in two-part harmony. 1882 Musical Times Aug. 452/1 That luckless interval the tritone..has been proscribed, detested, and cursed as the diabolus in musica. 1936 Discovery Apr. 116/1 The ‘tritone’, a 2-note chord with an interval of 6 semi-tones..used to be known as ‘diabolus in musica’. 1971 Tempo No. 97. 23 The intervallic contraction of the original ‘Dominus’ figure..has resulted in a starkly exposed diabolus in musica. 2014 T. Duguid Metrical Psalmody Print & Pract. vi. 132 Ficta was applied to avoid both the harmonic and melodic interval of an augmented fourth (also known as the tritone or diabolus in musica). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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