Month: June 2019

A440 (pitch standard)

Jovan Stosic June 30, 2019

A440 or A4 (also known as the Stuttgart pitch), which has a frequency of 440 Hz, is the musical note of Aabove middle C and serves as a general tuning standard for musical pitch.

The International Organization for Standardization classifies it as ISO 16. Before standardization on 440 Hz, other frequencies were standardized upon. Although not universally accepted, it serves as the audio frequency reference to calibrate acoustic equipment and to tune pianos, violins, and other musical instruments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A440_(pitch_standard)

A440 (pitch standard) was last modified: June 30th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

Glissando

Jovan Stosic June 30, 2019

In music, a glissando (Italian: [ɡlisˈsando]; plural: glissandi, abbreviated gliss.) is a glide from one pitch to another
Play (help·info)). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, “to glide”. In some contexts, it is distinguished from the continuous portamento. Some colloquial equivalents are slide, sweep (referring to the “discrete glissando” effects on guitar and harp, respectively), bend, smear, rip (for a loud, violent gliss to the beginning of a note),[1] lip (in jazz terminology, when executed by changing one’s embouchure on a wind instrument),[2] plop, or falling hail (a glissando on a harp using the back of the fingernails).[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glissando

Glissando was last modified: June 30th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

Juxtapose

Jovan Stosic June 30, 2019
From Concise Oxford English Dictionary

juxtapose

ˌdʒʌkstə’pəʊz■  verb place close together.
 
juxtaposition noun
juxtapositional adjective
 
C19 (earlier (ME) as juxtaposition): from Fr. juxtaposer, from L. juxta ‘next’ + Fr. poser ‘to place’.

From Concise Oxford Thesaurus

juxtapose

▶  verb PLACE SIDE BY SIDE, set side by side, mix; compare, contrast.

From Oxford Collocations Dictionary

juxtapose

verb

Juxtapose is used with these nouns as the object:

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From Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose juxtaposes juxtaposing juxtaposed
[VERB: V pl-n, be V-ed with n, V-ed, also V n with n]
If you juxtapose two contrasting objects, images, or ideas, you place them together or describe them together, so that the differences between them are emphasized. (FORMAL)
    The technique Mr Wilson uses most often is to juxtapose things for dramatic effect…
    Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
    …art’s oldest theme: the celebration of life juxtaposed with the terror of mortality.

From English-Serbian dictionary

Juxtapose

Staviti Napored-Staviti Pored

From English-Croatian Dictionary

juxtapose

postaviti jedno uz drugo

From English-Bulgarian

juxtapose

[,dj§kstъ’pouz] v поставям един до друг; съпоставям.

From Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary

jux·ta·pose

Pronunciation:     ‘jək-stə-ˌpōz
Function:           transitive verb
Inflected Form:    -posed ; -pos·ing
Etymology:          probably back-formation from juxtaposition
Date:               1851


: to place side by side <juxtapose unexpected combinations of colors, shapes and ideas ― J. F. T. Bugental>

From Moby Thesaurus

juxtapose

Synonyms and related words:
abut, accumulate, adjoin, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, appose, assemble, batch, bring near, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, conglomerate, corral, cumulate, dig up, draw together, dredge up, drive together, gather, gather in, gather together, get in, get together, group, join, juxtaposit, lump together, make up, mass, match, mobilize, muster, neighbor, pair, partner, put together, put with, raise, rake up, rally, round up, scrape together, take up, whip in

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (4th Ed)

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose /7dVQkstE5pEUz ?@ 5dVQkstEpoUz/ v [T]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from juxtaposition (17-21 centuries), from Latin juxta ‘near’ + Englishposition]
formal to put things together, especially things that are not normally together, in order to compare them or to make something new
juxtapose sth with sth
　a style of decor that juxtaposes antiques with modern furniture
>juxtaposition /7dVQkstEpE5zIFEn/ n [U and C]

From Oxford Talking Dictionary

juxtapose

juxtapose
/dʒʌkstə“pəʊz/
v.t. M19. [Fr. juxtaposer, f. as JUXTA- + POSE v.1] Place (two or more things) side by side or close to one another; place (one thing) beside another.

Thesaurusjuxtapose
verb place/set side by side, place parallel, put adjacent, compare.
QuotationR. ELLMANN The self only comes to exist when juxtaposed with other people. E. WILSON Juxtaposing..hues in a rainbow. J. BRODSKY By juxtaposing one faith with another we..take them out of their context.
From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Juxtapose

(v. t.)

To place in juxtaposition.

From SOED

juxtapose

juxtapose verb trans. [dʒʌkstǝ’pǝʊz] M19.
[French juxtaposer, formed as JUXTA- + POSE verb1.]
Place (two or more things) side by side or close to one another; place (one thing) beside another.
R. Ellmann The self only comes to exist when juxtaposed with other people. E. Wilson Juxtaposing..hues in a rainbow. J. Brodsky By juxtaposing one faith with another we..take them out of their context.

From Century Dictionary (1889)

juxtapose

 

  • To place (two or more objects) close together; place side by side.

 

 

From American Heritage Dictionary

juxtapose

jux·ta·pose (jkstə-pōz)
tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

[French juxtaposer : Latin ixtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European Roots + French poser, to place (from Old French. See pose1).]

From English Wikipedia

 

Juxtapose was last modified: July 22nd, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt) – Wikipedia

Jovan Stosic June 29, 2019

Beethoven Symphonies (French: Symphonies de Beethoven), S.464, are a set of nine transcriptions for solo piano by Franz Liszt of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s symphonies 1–9. They are among the most technically demanding piano music ever written.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven_Symphonies_(Liszt)

Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt) – Wikipedia was last modified: June 29th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic