单词 | mozart |
释义 | Mozartn. 1. Mozart-lover n. an enthusiast of the works of Mozart. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of specific composer Handelian1762 Mozartian1838 Wagnerite1855 Brahmsite1881 Wagnerian1882 Wagnerist1891 Savoyard1893 Brahmsian1894 Bachian1920 Schoenbergian1920 Purcellian1922 Bartokian1923 Stravinskyite1924 Stravinskian1925 Mahlerite1926 Schubertian1928 Delian1933 Tchaikovskian1937 Beethovenian1947 Lisztian1947 Schumannite1947 Berliozian1951 Ravelian1951 Rachmaninovian1952 Hindemithian1954 Mahlerian1955 Mozart-lover1959 Straussian1959 Elgarian1972 Verdian1976 Dvořakian1977 Vivaldian1978 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music v. 236 True Mozart-lovers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 2000 People (Electronic ed.) 17 July Matthau..was a Mozart lover who once guest-conducted the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra. 2. Mozart-size adj. designating a small classical orchestra of the kind for which Mozart wrote much of his orchestral music. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of individuals in collective whole smalla1398 Mozart-size1959 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music v. 245 Only those who have heard the work played in a small hall, by a Mozart-size orchestra with a handful of strings, can be said to have experienced the truly violent impact of the symphony. 3. Mozart piano n. [compare German Mozartklavier (1933 or earlier)] a fortepiano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano grand pianoforte1784 square pianoforte1787 grand piano1795 cottage pianoforte1816 cottage piano1824 table piano1827 table pianoforte1827 tin kettle1827 grand1830 piccolo1831 Broadwood1832 semi-grand1835 pianino1848 cottage1850 square piano1853 street piano1855 upright1860 pianette1862 digitorium1866 Steinway1875 baby grand1879 square1882 tin pan1882 honky-tonk piano1934 minipiano1934 spinet1936 prepared piano1940 ravalement1959 rinky-tink1961 miniature1974 Mozart piano1980 1980 M. Bilson in Early Music 8 158/2 The five-octave fortepiano is often referred to as the ‘Mozart piano’. 1985 J. Kerman Musicol. 209 The ‘Mozart piano’ or fortepiano, with its wooden frame, relatively light stringing, shallow touch, simple action, and thin, clear, varied tone. 1992 CD Rev. (BNC) May 18 Many things on a modern piano sound and respond differently. There are of course, certain similarities: one of them is the sustaining pedal which already works very well on a Mozart piano. 4. Originally Psychology. Mozart effect n. a posited temporary increase in mental ability, esp. spatial and mathematical reasoning, following a period of listening to (usually classical) music; (also more generally, esp. of children) enhanced mental capability said to result from regularly listening to music or practising a musical instrument. ΚΠ 1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 14 Oct. 3 The results recall anecdotes about bursts of creativity after exposure to music... Unfortunately, the researchers found, the Mozart effect wears off after the 10 minutes or so it took to administer the IQ test. 1996 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Mar. 14 She thought that the reason was not due to the ‘Mozart effect’ but because the mood of the children had changed, so they were more aroused and tried harder. 1999 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. f1/5 Given the publicity blitz that has attended the so-called Mozart effect, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959 |
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