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Meaning of "anacruses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANACRUSES

ˌænəˈkru:si:z


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANACRUSES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anacruses is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANACRUSES

amphimixes · anamneses · aspergilloses · crases · ecchymoses · entases · epicalyces · epiphyses · exostoses · hydronephroses · hyperemeses · hypersarcoses

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANACRUSES

anachronistic · anachronistically · anachronous · anachronously · anaclastic · anaclinal · anaclisis · anaclitic · anacolutha · anacoluthia · anacoluthic · anacoluthically · anacoluthon · anaconda · anacoustic · Anacreon · Anacreontic · Anacreontically · anacrusis · anacrustic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANACRUSES

analyses · bases · bread and circuses · classes · courses · dieses · exercises · expenses · galluses · glasses · horses · human rights abuses · hyperacuses · losses · natural causes · presbyacuses · presbycouses · presbycuses · safe as houses · sunglasses

Synonyms and antonyms of anacruses in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANACRUSES»

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Proceedings of the Speech Prosody 2008 Conference
With the detailed study of each anacrusis, it was noted that the anacrusis at the beginning of the sentence shows the same correlation. The two other anacruses within the sentence follow our expectations, that is, the scores are good when the  ...
Plinio A. Barbosa, Sandra Madureira, César Reis.
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Rum, Ram, Ruf, and Rym: Middle English Alliterative Meters
Tarlinskaja argues that anacruses should be counted separately from the dips that occur between ictuses. Her rationale is logical; not only do inter-ictic dips vary from 1-2 syllables while anacruses vary from 0-2 and therefore are different in ...
Kristin Lynn Cole, 2007
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Verse Form and Meaning in the Poetry of Vladimir ...
As one would expect, since rhythmical form and anacrusis are closely related, the variations from part to part largely follow the variations in rhythm. Disyllabic anacruses are unusually prominent in the Prologue, while the variations in Parts I , II, ...
Robin Aizlewood, 1989
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A New History of English Metre
a high proportion of both feminine lines (38.9 per cent) and zero anacruses (19.4 per cent): it is also predominantly adonic in rhythm [w s w w s (w)], since 75 per cent of anacruses contain one syllable and 91.7 per cent of intervals two.
Martin J. Duffell, 2008
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Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
With definite articles and demonstratives established as legitimate anacruses, the way lay open for freer employment of other non-prefixal words. Not all such words were equally acceptable as anacruses, however. Among the remaining ...
Geoffrey Russom, 1998
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Macbeth: Melodramma in Four Acts. Libretto by Francesco ...
The third note was originally e\>. 327-328 Mach, Ban AMT. In his skeleton score V wrote the anacruses to the third and fourth beats at 327 and the first, third, and fourth beats at 328 as thirty-second notes (the preceding rests are not always ...
Giuseppe Verdi, David Lawton, 2006
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Mahler's Sixth Symphony: A Study in Musical Semiotics
This brings us back to the importance of anacruses within the generic code, which was mentioned above. Anacruses are an index of the landler-type melody, as Floros points out; they do not have prominence within the march-type. But here ...
Ian Bent, 2004
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Onstage with Grieg: Interpreting His Piano Music
To bring out these qualities, pay special attention to the anacruses in the left hand. It is difficult to make them short enough, but if they are too heavy the music will not soar. Most performers place the anacruses midway between the chords, ...
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, 1997
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Musical Creativity in Restoration England
Figure 5.2 Post-copying alteration of anacruses in Locke's Courante (Galliard) from The Consort ofFour Parts; Lbl Add. 17801, fol. 49r fantazia, all of which intensify the chromatic writing as well as incorporating extra short imitative figures .
Rebecca Herissone, 2013
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Musical Form and Transformation: Four Analytic Essays
The contrapuntal line is isolated in example 4.29. As we shall see, the idea recurs. The line of example 4.29 is grouped by brackets; the idea is to analyze the Cs as anacruses to the Fis, and the Es as anacruses to the Bbs. That parallels  ...
David Lewin, 2007

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANACRUSES»

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Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth – review
Booth's emphasis on Larkin's indebtedness to French symbolism, and his talk of ellipses, anacruses and intertextuality spring from an urge to ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
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Tapestry Dance Co. Presents RHYTHM, REASON & REALITY …
... rhythmic creations for Tapestry Dance Company including the premiere acapella tap work "Anacruses" (1990) "Listen" from Footprints (2005) ... «Broadway World, Mar 14»
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