α. 1600s– accompaniment, 1700s accompanyment.
β. 1700s accompagnement.
单词 | accompaniment |
释义 | accompanimentn.α. 1600s– accompaniment, 1700s accompanyment. β. 1700s accompagnement. 1. Music. a. A part, typically instrumental, which supports or partners an instrument, voice, or group. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > accompaniment accompaniment1697 obbligato1825 Alberti bass1845 vamp1882 backing1940 comp1946 comping1949 1697 J. Eccles Europes Revels for Peace 2 (stage-direct.) The Martial Musick immediately changes, at her first Word, into softer Notes, with accompaniments of Flutes. 1700 J. Blow Amphion Anglicus (title page) A work of many compositions, for one, two, three and four voices: with several accompagnements of instrumental musick. 1704 J. Ozell tr. C. Perrault Characters Greatest Men in France I. 193 The Bass and the middle parts were nothing but a simple Accompanyment and a gross Counter-point. 1768 T. Gray Progress of Poesy (new ed.) in Poems 37 (note) Pindar styles his own poetry with its musical accompanyments, Αἰοληίς μολπὴ. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 60 Sung in unison with a modest organ-accompaniment. 1878 E. J. Hopkins in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 20 An accompaniment..is said to be Ad libitum when..it is not essential to the complete rendering of the music. 1929 Collier's 2 Nov. 20/4 The music is simple and reminiscent of old-time tunes: accompaniments are easily fabricated on the fiddle or guitar. 1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 42 With the great art-song writers of the Elizabethan Age..the words always came first, even though many of these highly talented men were also fine composers and wrote their own lute accompaniments. 1990 Gramophone May 2012/1 Maybe the right-hand arpeggio accompaniment in the middle of the movement does tend towards cliché. b. The action or fact of playing a part which accompanies an instrument, voice, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > playing accompaniment accompaniment1721 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xi. 339 As to the tuning the Instrument, I shall only add, that there is a certain Pitch to which it is brought, that it may be neither too high nor too low, for the Accompaniment of other Instruments. 1754 J. Barrow Suppl. New & Universal Dict. (at cited word) Suppose, that, before we attempt Accompaniment, we have waited..till we know how to read music fast. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxxiii. 395 These are almost the only principles, upon which the art of accompaniment, as well as the general theory of practical music, is founded. 1878 E. J. Hopkins in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 21 The resources for..accompaniment were extended..by the insertion of an additional short manual organ called the Echo. 1910 C. Demarest Hints on Organ Accompaniment iii. 35 A faulty habit in hymn and anthem accompaniment is to always play the pedals an octave lower than the printed music. 2010 P. Ball Music Instinct vi. 178 The Greek musician simply duplicated the vocal melody on the instrument, which therefore was not used so much for accompaniment but as a parallel voice. c. A piece of music played as a complement to or background for a performance or activity. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > other types of piece tinternel1573 aubade1678 nome1705 accompaniment1728 potboiler1783 raga1789 elegy1808 improvisation1824 pièce d'occasion1830 morceau de salon1854 tum-tum1859 murky1876 test-piece1876 invention1880 monodia1880 serenata1883 monody1887 dumka1895 incidental number1904 a cappella1905 folk-tune1907 realization1911 nosebleeder1921 show tune1927 sicilienne1927 estampie1937 ballad1944 Siciliana1947 hard rocker1957 rabble-rouser1958 display1959 mobile1961 soundscape1968 grower1973 lounge1978 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. 20/1 The Musick, in Dramatic Performances, should only be a simple Accompanyment. 1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) iii. 127 The accompaniment must possess the true tone and colouring of the pantomimic action. 1895 F. A. Swettenham Malay Sketches vii. 45 Dancing girls..perform what is called the ‘Jôget’—a real dance with an accompaniment of something like real music, though the orchestral instruments are very rude indeed. 1921 Musical Times 1 Apr. 264/2 No doubt music of too great complexity, or even freshness, would be out of place as an accompaniment to the ‘pictures’. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill Prol. i. 6 The Pay Room was lengthy. At the far end, to the accompaniment of chinkling coin, the officials of the Company busied themselves behind a barrier of tables. 2004 HMV Choice Mar. 8/2 The indie-chic movie of the year delivers the coolest soundtrack, and a mesmerising accompaniment to Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray's memorable Tokyo romance. 2. gen. a. Something which accompanies, supplements, or complements something else. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies purtenancea1382 accessory1429 retinue?a1439 accessaryc1475 companion1533 annexe?1541 hanger-ona1555 supply1567 copemate1581 complement1586 fere1593 adjective1597 annexment1604 annexary1605 attendant1607 adherence1610 adjacent1610 wife1616 fellower1620 coincident1626 attendancy1654 associate1658 appanage1663 conjunct1667 perquisite1667 familiar1668 satellite1702 accompaniment1709 accompanying1761 side dish1775 obbligato1825 shadow1830 rider1859 gadget1917 1709 J. MacGregory Geogr. & Hist. Mons 40 A Grand Complex Fortification, of Three Large Horn-Works, with their Accompaniments. 1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye 4 None of these landscapes however are perfect, as they want the accompaniments of foregrounds. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 305 The [horse-radish] root scraped into shreds is the well known accompaniment of ‘the roast beef of old England’. 1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) xvi. 315 A Roman sedition was the all but invariable accompaniment of a Roman coronation. 1918 Stars & Stripes 1 Mar. 1/3 A real turkey dinner it was..with the vegetable accompaniments that should go with the National Bird. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 391/1 Vitamin B deficiency is a common accompaniment of severe alcoholism. 2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. xi. 304 A cassoulet needs no accompaniment, save a robust and artisanal red wine. b. The fact or state of being accompanied; (also) the action of accompanying a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] concomitancea1535 companionship1548 companyship1548 companionry1595 concomitancya1617 attendancya1626 accompaniment1767 companionment1803 associatedness1862 attendedness1862 1767 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 3) (end matter) 445 The formation of Nouns Substantive, can, by itself, and without the accompanyment of Adjectives, express no other qualities but those three. 1830 Lancet 3 Apr. 8/2 The mucous membranes are especially liable to the accompaniment of hæmorrhage when inflamed. 1856 Friend 26 July 363/1 To soils of an open texture, bone-dust should be applied only in accompaniment with farm-yard manure. 1910 L. G. McPherson Transportation in Europe vii. 143 The Bern convention..provided for the movement of sealed freight across national boundaries without stoppage or accompaniment by an officer. 2010 N. Charney Stealing Mystic Lamb vii. 187 Was his accompaniment of Köhn a means to divert the Nazi art detective from his task? 3. Heraldry. An ornamental or heraldic accessory depicted with a shield or coat of arms. Now rare. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In Heraldry, the Accompanyments are all such Things as are applied about the Shield, by way of Ornament; as the Belt, Mantlings, Supporters, &c. 1785 J. Edmondson Present Peerages Introd. p. xvi His Shield of Arms, together with the Accompaniments, are painted upon a black Ground. 1823 W. Scott Let. 20 Feb. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) V. x. 269 The lower compartments of each window will contain eight shields (without accompaniments). 1868 Chambers's Encycl. V. 326/2 The helmet..became in the course of time one of the usual accompaniments of the shield; and placed over the arms, it came by its form to mark the rank of the wearer. 1906 J. H. Bloom Eng. Seals v. 144 The equestrian figure upon the reverse gives way to a shield of arms with various heraldic accompaniments. Derivatives accompaniˈmental adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [adjective] > accompaniment accompanimental1874 vamped1874 backing1964 1874 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 16 May 228/2 Accompanimental, accessory melodies, which are readily accepted by instrumentalists. 1917 C. Scott Philos. of Modernism ix. 71 There are two ways of treating old airs from an accompanimental point of view. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 May ii. 28/5 The orchestra becomes too accompanimental, losing direction and rhythmic tension. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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