musicalityn.
/ˌmjuːzᵻˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmjuzəˈkælədi/ The quality or character of being musical; accomplishment or aptitude in music; musical sensibility.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > [noun] > musical quality
musicness1633
musicalness1678
musicality1839
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > power and skill in
conveyance1572
execution1751
musicianship1829
virtuosity1831
musicality1839
virtuosoship1848
executancy1858
histrionics1931
chops1968
1839 Birmingham Jrnl. 7 Dec. 5/2 For piquant narrative, drollery of anecdote, faithfulness of personation, mirth, and musicality, no one, since the days of Charles Matthews, of laughter-provoking memory, has at all approached Mr. Russell.
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester III. 65 A third, so deficient in natural musicality that he did not like my playing!
1877 R. Browning in tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon Pref. p. vi There is abundant musicality elsewhere, but nowhere else than in his poem the ideas of the poet.
1925 Jrnl. Philos. 22 386 The pythagoreans were profoundly moved, not by the numericality of music, but by the musicality of number.
1975 Daily Tel. 1 May 13/8 Her becalmed musicality gave much pleasure as she started a performance of the F major Piano Concerto K.459.
1997 City Paper (Baltimore) 1 Jan. 35/2 Her powerful pipes and down-to-earth Midwestern musicality have garnered gushing reviews.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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