Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: Originally, a composition in fugal style, like a toccata.
- noun Now, a fugue of specially learned character, in which every contrapuntal device is utilized; or a fugue without episodes, subject and answer recurring continually.
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The second "movement" of Musica ricercata, "Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale," received some currency with its use in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.
We hardly need to use our ears... Patrick J. Smith 2007
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The second "movement" of Musica ricercata, "Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale," received some currency with its use in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.
Archive 2007-01-01 Patrick J. Smith 2007
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Where the role calls for expansion, a Bach ricercata after Webern sparseness, she was small scaled, lost against a forest of dancers.
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Particularly Aimard's recording of Musica ricercata for Sony's Ligeti Edition.
We hardly need to use our ears... Patrick J. Smith 2007
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Particularly Aimard's recording of Musica ricercata for Sony's Ligeti Edition.
Archive 2007-01-01 Patrick J. Smith 2007
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