Music

mū′zik, n. a connected series of sweet sounds: melody or harmony: the science which treats of harmony: the art of combining sounds so as to please the ear: a musical composition: ( U.S. ) heated argument, also amusement.— adj. Mū′sical , pertaining to, or producing, music: pleasing to the ear: melodious.— adv. Mū′sically .— ns. Mū′sicalne ; Mū′sic-case , -fō′lio , -hold′er , ., a roll, cabinet, . for carrying sheet music; Mū′sic-demy′ , a size of writing-paper, 20¾ in. × 14⅜ in.; Mū′sic-hall , a public hall for musical entertainments, esp. when varied by dancing, variety performances, ., often with concomitant smoking and drinking; Mū′sic-house , a place for public musical entertainments: a firm dealing in music or musical instruments; Musi′cian , one skilled in music: a performer of music—( obs. ) Musi′cianer .— adv. Musi′cianly .— ns. Musi′cianship ; Mū′sic-mas′ter , or -mis′tre , a man or a woman who teaches music; Mū′sic-of-the-spheres (see Harmony ); Mū′sic-pā′per , paper ruled with staffs for writing music in; Mū′sic-pen , a pen marking at once a series of fine parallel lines for music; Mū′sic-rack , a rack attached to a musical instrument for holding the player's music; Mū′sic-record′er , a device for recording music as played on an organ, pianoforte, .; Mū′sic-school , a place where music is regularly taught, a conservatory; Mū′sic-shell , a Gasteropod of the Caribbean Sea, marked with figures like printed music; Mū′sic-stand , a music-rack: a raised platform for a musical band; Mū′sic-stool , a stool or chair, generally adjustable in height, for the performer on the pianoforte, .; Mū′sic-wire , wire such as the strings of musical instruments are made of.— Music ( -al ) box , a case containing a mechanism contrived, when the spring is wound up, to reproduce melodies; Music club , a meeting for practising music.— Musical director , the conductor of an orchestra, .; Musical gla es (see Harmonica , under Harmonium ). [Fr. musique —L. music a —Gr. mousikē ( technē , art), mous a , a muse.]