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Definition of Semibreves
1. semibreve [n] - See also: semibreve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semibreves
Literary usage of Semibreves
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. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"In these, and all other cases, the first of the bar are subject to the same laws
as th= semibreves of the First Order ; and the morí closely these laws are ..."
2. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1905)
"Five semibreves. Au-cun ont trouvé, &C. Mais a moi en donne о - koi -son 1 De
Mûris even ascribes the first use of this device to Pierre de la Croix. ..."
3. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... semibreves in the measure, or their equiv- able variety a melody may pass from
the .... semibreves ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The Cadence will be formed by the Canto fermo either in conjunction with the part
containing the crotchets, or with one of the parts written in semibreves, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"When two semibreves were placed between two Breves, in Perfect Time, or two Minims
between two semibreves, in the Greater ..."
6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1880)
"When two semibreves were placed between two Breves, in Perfect Time, or two Minims
between two semibreves, in the Greater ..."
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