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Definition of Thoroughbass
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughbass
Literary usage of Thoroughbass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"The Symphonies are played by the Violins, in unison, with a similar ' thoroughbass '
accompaniment ; and the entrance of these instrument«, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1880)
"The Symphonies are played by the Violins, in unison, with a similar ' thoroughbass '
accompaniment ; and the entrance of these instruments, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"In any case, when the B;»ss Voices are silent, the lowest of the upper Parts is
given in the thoroughbass, either with or without Figures, in accordance ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"After the general establishment of the mono- die school the thoroughbass became
a necessary element in every composition, written, cither for instruments ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"Because the Figures placed under a thoroughbass could only be understood by a
performer well acquainted with the rules of Harmony, those rules were vulgarly ..."
6. American History and Encyclopedia of Music edited by William Lines Hubbard (1910)
"It was the same as the nete or fourth sound in the tetrachord. thoroughbass threnody
bass and denoting the intervals to be observed. See chord. ..."
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