Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "glass harmonica" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF GLASS HARMONICA

glass harmonica play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLASS HARMONICA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glass harmonica 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.

WHAT DOES GLASS HARMONICA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

glass harmonica

Glass harmonica

The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, bowl organ, hydrocrystalophone, or simply the armonica (derived from αρμονία ("harmonia"), the Greek word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments of this type are known as friction idiophones). Because its sounding portion is made of glass, the glass harmonica is a crystallophone. The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine goblet to produce tones is documented back to Renaissance times; Galileo considered the phenomenon (in his Two New Sciences), as did Athanasius Kircher. The Irish musician Richard Pockrich is typically credited as the first to play an instrument composed of glass vessels by rubbing his fingers around the rims. Beginning in the 1740s, he performed in London on a set of upright goblets filled with varying amounts of water. His career was cut short by a fire in his room, which killed him and destroyed his apparatus.

Definition of glass harmonica in the English dictionary

The definition of glass harmonica in the dictionary is a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism Sometimes shortened to: harmonica Also called: musical glasses.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLASS HARMONICA

glass
glass can
glass case
glass ceiling
glass door
glass eye
glass factory
glass fibre
glass jaw
glass slipper
glass snake
glass string
glass wool
glass-blower
glass-blowing
glass-maker
glass-making
glass-worker
glasscloth
glasscutter

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLASS HARMONICA

armonica
arnica
botanica
Commonwealth of Dominica
Dominica
electronica
folktronica
Guernica
harmonica
japonica
Kostunica
Legnica
memoria technica
physharmonica
Salonica
santonica
Thessalonica
tunica
veronica

Synonyms and antonyms of glass harmonica in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «glass harmonica» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF GLASS HARMONICA

Find out the translation of glass harmonica to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glass harmonica from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glass harmonica» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玻璃口琴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

armónica de cristal
570 millions of speakers

English

glass harmonica
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्लास हारमोनिका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزجاج هارمونيكا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стеклянная гармоника
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vidro gaita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাচ হারমোনিকো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

harmonica de verre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harmoni kaca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glasharmonika
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グラス·ハーモニカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유리 하모니카
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaca harmonika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kính harmonica
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணாடி ஹார்மோனிகா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काचेच्या हार्मोनिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cam armonika
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetro armonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkło harmonijka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скляна гармоніка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sticlă muzicuță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυσαρμόνικα γυαλιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glas harmonica
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glasharmonika
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glass munnspill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glass harmonica

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLASS HARMONICA»

The term «glass harmonica» is regularly used and occupies the 106.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
50
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «glass harmonica» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of glass harmonica
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «glass harmonica».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLASS HARMONICA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glass harmonica» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glass harmonica» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glass harmonica

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLASS HARMONICA»

Discover the use of glass harmonica in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glass harmonica and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Adagio and Rondo in C Minor, K. 617 (Glass Harmonica (Or ...
The music is effective played as an organ solo. The Adagio may be registered "forte," in the style of Mozart's Fantasia (K. 608). The Rondo should be played on the flute stops. Arranged for organ by E. Power Briggs.
‎1985
2
The Glass Harmonica
There the new freedoms and Puritan vigor vie for ascendancy. What will the Americans make of this throat-singing, glass harmonica-playing exotic who lives to make a virtue of pleasure?
Dorothee E. Kocks, 2011
3
The Glass Harmonica: A Novel
Travelling through the changing viewpoints of a more than a dozen of people in a small residential neighbourhood in St. John's, Newfoundland, The Glass Harmonica looks at the way common memories and shared experiences bend and warp as ...
Russell Wangersky, 2012
4
Glass Harmonica
In each of GLASS HARMONICA's rigorous texts, an intense formal density of aural, grammatical, cultural, and structural echoes takes on how the presence of an appreciating but critical "I" can alter the expressive registers of what might be ...
Geoff Bouvier, 2011
5
The Glass Harmonica: A Novel
Eilish Eam is an orphan and street musician, living in 1761, London.
Louise Marley, 2001
6
Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera
Glass Harmonica or Flute? Since at least 1941, when the autograph manuscript of Lucia di Lammermoor was issued in facsimile, it has been widely known that Donizetti originally wrote a part for glass harmonica in Lucia's mad scene.75But ...
Philip Gossett, 2008
7
Billboard
He now operates Glass Harmonica there. Bushnell took a full-time job at Alan's Audio, a hardware specialty shop, remaining three years in the hope that the retailer would embrace audio software, his longtime hobby. When Bushnell saw ...
8
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gó (Separate works )] UF Piano and glass harmonica music Glass harmonica music (May Subd Geog) [M165] Here are entered compositions not in a specific form or of a specific type for solo glass harmonica, and collections of music in ...
Library of Congress, 2006
9
Library of Congress Subject Headings
followed by specifications which include the glass harmonica; also headings that begin with the words glass harmonica or glass harmonicas Glass in architecture USE Glass construction Glass in literature Glass in medicine [R85 7. G55; BT ...
‎1989
10
Performance Practice: A Dictionary-guide for Musicians
Mary Remnant, "The Gittern in English Mediaeval Art," GSJ l8 (l965), l04-9. Laurence Wright, "The Medieval Gittern and Citole: a Case of Mistaken Identity," GSJ 30 (l977), 8-42. Glass harmonica [musical glasses, armonica] (late l8th-20th c.).
Roland John Jackson, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLASS HARMONICA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glass harmonica is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Residents say short-term rentals hurting FQ's character
At 8 p.m. he'll be setting up his glass harmonica. He works as a musician, playing 27-water filled wine glasses, and over the course of his ... «WWL, Jul 15»
2
Yale School of Music Norfolk Chamber Music Fest opens
... Piano and Winds” (which Mozart considered to be the best work he ever composed), as well as his “Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica. «New Haven Register, Jul 15»
3
Bay Atlantic Symphony Presents Final Installment Of Summer Music …
You will learn about and hear such instruments as the accordion, bagpipes, banjo, harmonica, synthesizer, and glass harmonica. You will also ... «New Jersey Stage, Jul 15»
4
Five Things You May Not Know About Benjamin Franklin
... his other inventions included a cast-iron stove known as the Franklin stove, swim fins, and a musical instrument called the glass harmonica. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
5
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival opens July 9
... as well as his Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica. Also on the program is Franck's Piano Quintet, one of Franck's most celebrated works, ... «Torrington Register Citizen, Jul 15»
6
The Gritty Birds Podcast: Peter Vaughan Shaver of Sound Advice
... Shaver to discuss the ins and outs of law and music, talk about some of his favorite artists, and find out what exactly a "glass harmonica" is. «Vortex Music Magazine, Jun 15»
7
Mr Holmes review – the old sleuth on the trail of his younger self
... faced with the otherworldly tones of a glass harmonica, Holmes reads the clues but hears no music. Only later, when his ruthless logic is lost, ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
10 Of The Most Unusual Musical Instruments That Sound Cool As Hell
You wouldn't believe it when you hear the Harry Potter theme song in the video above but the glass harmonica is known for creating such spellbinding music. «MensXP.com, Jun 15»
9
Composer Elliot Goldenthal Is Experiencing a 'Dream' Spring
During the play's quieter, more atmospheric moments, we hear the buzzing sound of a glass harmonica, which, as Goldenthal explains, ... «Variety, Jun 15»
10
Movie review: Mr Holmes
A quirky scene involving Frances de la Tour as an eccentric glass harmonica music teacher makes for a rewarding subplot. Fast forward 20 ... «RTE.ie, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Glass harmonica [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/glass-harmonica>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z