melosn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛlɒs/,

/ˈmiːlɒs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛˌlɔs/,

/ˈmɛˌlɑs/,

/ˈmiˌlɔs/,

/ˈmiˌlɑs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μέλος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μέλος song, melody, musical phrase, limb, of unknown origin.

Music.

Song, melody; spec. the succession of pitches in music considered apart from rhythm. Also: melodic character, esp. of an attractive or distinctive kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody

melodyc1300

harmonyc1384

sweetness1398

melodiousness1530

tunableness1561

well-sounding1594

air1597

chime1608

suavity1614

melos1740

songfulness1850

tunefulness1882

tuniness1905

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 129 Melos, is no more than a song or piece of melody.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Melos, a term applied by the ancients to the sweetness of any melody; or to that quality or character by which a melody was rendered agreeable.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 286/2 Melos... A succession of musical sounds as opposed to noises. A tune. A song.

1887 E. Dannreuther tr. W. R. Wagner On Conducting 18 He [sc. a conductor] found the right tempo whilst persistently fixing the attention of his orchestra upon the melos of the symphony. The right comprehension of the melos is the sole guide to the right tempo.

1903 A. W. Patterson Schumann 205 The tasteful melos or arioso which, throughout, takes the place of recitative.

1947 Penguin Mus. Mag. 2 13 The ‘melos’ by which he [sc. Wagner] means the unifying thread of line that gives a work its form and shape.

1964 C. Howell tr. J. Gélineau Voices & Instruments Christian Worship i. 20 By means of melos he lets the words take on the colors of the prism of sentiments which illuminates them.

1983 Listener 3 Feb. 25/2 Certainly I can find little melos, and I cannot even make out the rhythm of lines 7–8.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melos
释义	melosn. Brit. /ˈmɛlɒs/, /ˈmiːlɒs/, U.S. /ˈmɛˌlɔs/, /ˈmɛˌlɑs/, /ˈmiˌlɔs/, /ˈmiˌlɑs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μέλος. Etymology: < ancient Greek μέλος song, melody, musical phrase, limb, of unknown origin. Music. Song, melody; spec. the succession of pitches in music considered apart from rhythm. Also: melodic character, esp. of an attractive or distinctive kind. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody melodyc1300 harmonyc1384 sweetness1398 melodiousness1530 tunableness1561 well-sounding1594 air1597 chime1608 suavity1614 melos1740 songfulness1850 tunefulness1882 tuniness1905 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 129 Melos, is no more than a song or piece of melody. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Melos, a term applied by the ancients to the sweetness of any melody; or to that quality or character by which a melody was rendered agreeable. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 286/2 Melos... A succession of musical sounds as opposed to noises. A tune. A song. 1887 E. Dannreuther tr. W. R. Wagner On Conducting 18 He [sc. a conductor] found the right tempo whilst persistently fixing the attention of his orchestra upon the melos of the symphony. The right comprehension of the melos is the sole guide to the right tempo. 1903 A. W. Patterson Schumann 205 The tasteful melos or arioso which, throughout, takes the place of recitative. 1947 Penguin Mus. Mag. 2 13 The ‘melos’ by which he [sc. Wagner] means the unifying thread of line that gives a work its form and shape. 1964 C. Howell tr. J. Gélineau Voices & Instruments Christian Worship i. 20 By means of melos he lets the words take on the colors of the prism of sentiments which illuminates them. 1983 Listener 3 Feb. 25/2 Certainly I can find little melos, and I cannot even make out the rhythm of lines 7–8. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740
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