melange

A mixture; (ma-lanzh') Fr. n. a medley combination: their motion breaks the currents of composition founded on several well air into intermittent puffs and pro known airs, duces the tones. See also melodeon meleket and harmonium. An Aby in i an trumpet made of a melodia Melody.(ma-lo-de'-a) It. n. hollow tube, four or five feet in 344 melody 325 melodia 1. The singing of an ode to a melos, tion of the notes of a piece of music or melody. played on a piano. 2. The tune to which lyric poetry melodion was sung. A keyboard instrument invented in 3. An organ pipe. 1806 by J. C. Dietz. A cylinder was See also claribella. made to rotate by means of treadles melodic interval and the keys caused a graduated The movement of the voice in series of metal bars to be pre ed which the tones are taken in succes against it, thus producing sounds. sion; in contradistinction to harmelodiosamente (me-16-di-o-sa-men'- monic intervals, when the tones are te) It. adv. taken simultaneously. Melodiously; sweetly. melodic modulation melodioso (me-lo-di-o'-so) It. adj. The proce or results of changing Melodious; musical; tuneful. movements in the course of a piece melodious, ba from one key to another. The high ba voice, the more flex i melodic progre ion ble or singing ba voice. Also, a See progre ion. singer po e ing such a voice, melodic step melodisch (me-lo'-dish) Ger. adj. See melodic interval, Melodious; musical; tuneful. melodica melodist a (ma-lo-des'-ta) It. n. A small variety of pipe organ, melodiste (ma-lo-dest) Fr. n. invented by J. A. Stein of Augsburg, Melodist; a composer or singer of melodies. Germany, in 1770. It was intended to be set upon a harpsichord or simi- Melodram (ma'-lo-dram) Ger. n. lar instrument so that a melody could melodrama Eng. n. be played upon it while the accommelodrame (ma-lo-dram) Fr. n. paniment was played upon the harpsimelodramma (ma-lo-dram'-ma) It. n. chord. The compa was about three Dramatic performances having the and one-half octaves. interest of certain situations enhanced by the use of vocal and instrumental melodico (ma-lo'-di-ko) It. adj. music. The plot is generally roman- Melodious; tuneful, tic in character and often contains