enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_music_terminology

    Spirited, vivacious, lively bellicoso Warlike, aggressive (English cognate is "bellicose") ben or bene Well; in ben marcato ("well marked") for example bend In jazz, either establishing a pitch, sliding down half a step and returning to the original pitch or sliding up half a step from the original note beschleunigt (Ger.)

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian_musical...

    Definition Campana: bell: A bell used in an orchestra; also campane "bells" Cornetto: little horn: An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A ...

  4. Histrionic personality disorder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality...

    Histrionic personality disorder; Dramatic behavior is a key marker of histrionic personality disorder: Specialty: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry: Symptoms: Persistent attention seeking, dramatic behavior, rapidly shifting and shallow emotions, sexually provocative behavior, undetailed style of speech, and a tendency to consider relationships more intimate than they actually are.

  5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_early...

    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...

  6. Vibrato - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato

    [citation needed] To give an additional female example from a later date, whenever the vivacious mezzo-soprano of the 1920s and '30s, Conchita Supervía, performed in London, she was admonished in print for her exceedingly vibrant and fluttery tone, which was unkindly likened by her detractors to the chatter of a machine-gun or the rattle of ...

  7. Vivacious - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivacious

    Search for Vivacious in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Vivacious article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  8. Lucy Arbell - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Arbell

    As a singer she is described as having a strong, vibrant 'mezzo-contralto' and a vivacious personality. [2] She may have been a talented actor, but her voice was considered by some critics to be mediocre; the roles created for her included extensive passages of declamation, something not usually seen in the operas of the period. [5]

  9. Joie de vivre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joie_de_vivre

    Eduard von Grützner's depiction of Falstaff, a literary character well known for his joie de vivre.. Joie de vivre (/ ˌ ʒ w ɑː d ə ˈ v iː v (r ə)/ ZHWAH də VEEV (-rə), French: [ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ] ⓘ; "joy of living") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness.