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It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind that swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
A change in temperature, and only to a much smaller degree also a change in humidity, influences the air density and thus the speed of sound, and therefore affects the tuning of wind instruments. The effect of thermal expansion of a wind instrument, even of a brass instrument, is negligible compared to the thermal effect on the air.
THE WIND AT DAWN And the wind, the wind went out to meet with the sun At the dawn when the night was done, And he racked the clouds in lofty disdain As they flocked in his airy train. And the earth was grey, and grey was the sky, In the hour when the stars must die; And the moon had fled with her sad, wan light, For her kingdom was gone with night.
The phrase "incidental music" is from the German Inzidenzmusik, which is defined in the Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre as "music that is specifically written for a play but does not form an integral part of the work". [1] The use of incidental music dates back to ancient Greek drama and possibly before the Greeks. [2]
"Chimes of Freedom" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Tom Wilson produced 1964 album Another Side of Bob Dylan. The song depicts the thoughts and feelings of the singer and his companion as they shelter from a lightning storm under a doorway after sunset.
In a review for the Meddle album, Jean-Charles Costa of Rolling Stone described "A Pillow of Winds", along with "San Tropez", as an "ozone ballad".He further described the two as "pleasant little acoustic numbers hovering over a bizarre back-drop of weird sounds". [7]