Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of any of several lay sisterhoods founded in the Netherlands in the 13th century.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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So I found songs like "Beguine," songs like, well, I dont know, "Yesterdays" of Kern's ...
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He made "Beguine" a hit, all 108 bars of it — the longest standard in the standard repertoire, thanks to Shaw.
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He made "Beguine" a hit, all 108 bars of it — the longest standard in the standard repertoire, thanks to Shaw.
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He made "Beguine" a hit, all 108 bars of it — the longest standard in the standard repertoire, thanks to Shaw.
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The name "Beguine" is also of somewhat uncertain signification, being applied both to that body which owed its origin to an austere branch of the Franciscan order, and also to certain German and Belgic societies which flourished during the thirteenth and following centuries.
The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and Their Followers. 1379?-1471 1905
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Although but eighteen years of age she determined to follow the example of her uncle and aunt, and later become a "Beguine," thus devoting her life to charity and the care of the sick and unfortunate, for this is the work of the order of "Beguines."
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904
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So, I went through my personal record collection and found four completely different cuts of that song, one was all the way from the late '30s when the song had a sort of "Begin The Beguine" beat, all the way to this incredible heart-pounding double brass section that Frank also did in the late '50s or early '60s.
Mike Ragogna: Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2011
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So, I went through my personal record collection and found four completely different cuts of that song, one was all the way from the late '30s when the song had a sort of "Begin The Beguine" beat, all the way to this incredible heart-pounding double brass section that Frank also did in the late '50s or early '60s.
Mike Ragogna: Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2011
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In fact, IIRC, there is famous Second Circuit copyright case about a song by Cole Porter, “Begin the Beguine,” that was decided 2 – 1.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Thomas and Judge Reinhardt 2010
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A tired-looking combo is playing songs from the Big Band era - "Begin the Beguine", "Stardust", "Rosemarie" — in a somnolent style, providing guests with some diversion as the growls from their stomachs grow louder, like a pride of lions waiting for a herd of gazelles to pass by.
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