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1. A, n. View full entry 1609
...Music. The sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major, or the first note of the relative minor scale of C. Also: a key based on a scale which...
2. A, n. View full entry 1740
...Music. Alto....
3. AK in A, n. View full entry 1920
...= alte kacker...
4. ASM in A, n. View full entry 1918
...assistant stage manager....
5. abeng, n. View full entry 1890
...A type of bugle made from a cow horn, used by the maroons as a musical instrument and to send signals....
6. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
7. abonné, n. View full entry 1858
...A person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre. Also in extended use. Cf. abonnement...
8. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry a1450
...Higher in pitch than; higher on a musical scale than....
9. above ground, adv. and adj. View full entry 1592
...In dancing: with the feet not touching the floor. Obs....
10. abracadabra, n. and int. View full entry 1819
...Used by conjurors and magicians as an exclamation imparting supposed magical power, as when performing a trick. Hence more generally: used as an exclamation accompanying any seemingly remarkable feat or occurrence....
11. absolute music in absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1856
...instrumental music which is not intended to be illustrative or representational in any way; music which is not intended to be expressive of anything beyond its own objective form and structure; opposed...
12. absolute pitch, n. View full entry 1721
...A fixed standard of pitch determined by the frequency of vibration....
13. absolute pitch, n. View full entry 1930
...The ability to recognize or reproduce the exact pitch of a note; = perfect pitchperfect2....
14. absurd, adj. and n. View full entry 1617
...Music. Inharmonious, jarring, out of tune. Cf. absurdity1. Obs.rare....
15. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1929
...A writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer...
16. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1951
...Relating to the perceived futility and senselessness of human life; (also) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Theatre of the Absurd (Theatre of the Absurdtheatre3c(b))....
17. absurdity, n. View full entry c1429
...Music. Lack of harmony, dissonance; an instance of this. Obs....
18. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1785
...Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music)....
19. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1841
...= alla breveObs....
20. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1814
...Of, relating to, or designating unaccompanied vocal music. In earlier use as postmodifier....
