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Definition of Pianisms
1. pianism [n] - See also: pianism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pianisms
Literary usage of Pianisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative by Herbert Spencer (1864)
"When we say that the working-classes, and more especially the artizan-classes,
have strong leanings towards these Uto- pianisms, which they have unhappily ..."
2. The Musical World (1851)
"The charming cantabile in the third act w,-. beautifully rendered by Madame
Sontag; but her pianisms, which have been so much admired in London, ..."
3. Sims Reeves, His Life and Recollections by John Sims Reeves, Sims Reeves (1888)
"Some of the pieces are charming little pictures ; others display ingenious devices
in pianisms. Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, and ft are especially charming ; but all ..."
4. The Wandering Jew by Eugène Sue (1903)
"full freedom to my mind, which, restrained all day, now carried me through the
most delicious theories and uto- pianisms. Then, from the elevation of my ..."
5. The Wandering Jew by Eugène Sue (1903)
"full freedom to my mind, which, restrained all day, now carried me through the
most delicious theories and uto- pianisms. Then, from the elevation of my ..."
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