Crossword clues for diapason
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diapason \Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. diapasw^n (i. e., "h dia` pasw^n chordw^n symfoni`a the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + pasw^n, gen. pl. of pa^s all: cf. F. diapason. Cf. Panacea.]
(Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale. Compare disdiapason.
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Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.
The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason.
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The entire compass of tones; the entire compass of tones of a voice or an instrument.
Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
--Dryden. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument
WordNet
n. either of the two main stops on a pipe organ [syn: diapason stop]
Wikipedia
Diapason may refer to:
- Diapason (interval), the name of the just octave in Pythagorean tuning
- Diapason (pipe organ), a tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ
- Diapason (magazine), a French classical music magazine
- A tuning fork
- Diapason normal, the official French standard of concert pitch
Diapason (literally "through all notes") is a monthly magazine, published in French by Italian media group Mondadori. The magazine focuses on classical music, especially classical music recordings and hi-fi. The magazine was created by Georges Chérière in Angers, France under the title Diapason donne le ton dans l'Ouest and the first issue was published in Paris, 1956.
The critics of Diapason review internationally released classical CDs and DVDs each month, and the best ten albums are awarded by the prestigious Diapason d'Or. The award is comparable with those given by the BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone.
Diapason provides information online via two websites.
The principal French language alternative to Diapason was Le Monde de la Musique, but that magazine ceased publication in 2009. Much of its readership then transferred to Diapason, increasing the circulation there. That magazine's highly regarded equivalent to the Diapason d'Or was the Choc du Monde de la Musique, often spelled CHOC.
Usage examples of "diapason".
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It may not be worthy of Lord Byron's genius, but it does him no dishonour, and contains passages which accord with the solemn diapasons of ancient devotion.
Looking down the vast promontory of his nose he has beheld everything – the Cordilleras falling away into the Pacific, the history of the Diaspora done in vellum, shutters fluting the froufrou of the beach, the piano curving like a conch, corollas giving out diapasons of light, chameleons squirming under the book press, seraglios expiring in oceans of dust, music issuing like fire from the hidden chromosphere of pain, spore and madrepore fructifying the earth, navels vomiting their bright spawn of anguish… He is a bright sage, a dancing seer who, with a sweep of the brush, removes the ugly scaffold to which the body of man is chained by the incontrovertible facts of life.
He prepared the swell organ, hands moving expertly - all stops except the Vox Humana and the Celeste and on the Great Organ, Diapasons and a four foot Principal He looked up at Anna gravely.
The great organ has double open diapason (stopped bass), open diapason, dulciana, viola di gambi, doppel flute, hohl flute, octave, octave quint, superoctave, and trumpet,--65 pipes each.
Almost as soon as I noticed them, chancellor Eldrett began intoning greetings, in a voice as sonorous as the diapason of a hydraulic organ.
Only the sixteen-foot Diapason and the Bourdon and maybe a thirty-two-foot stop to give a good, solid tone.