| 单词 | riddle canon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriddle canon riddle canon n. Music a canon deliberately written without proper instructions or without all the parts, the missing information to be worked out by the performers. ΚΠ 1865 J. S. Adams New Musical Dict. 193/1 Riddle canon, a canon written without any indication of the number of parts..designed as an amusement. 1889 Cent. Dict. at Canon1 Enigmatical canon,..riddle canon, in old music, a canon in which one part was written out in full and the number of parts was given; the remaining parts were to be written out by the student in accordance with the requirements of an enigmatical inscription written upon the music. 1992 S. P. Snook-Luther tr. J. F. Daube Musical Dilettante 167 If it is to be a riddle canon, no entrance is marked. < as lemmas |
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