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PRONUNCIATION OF PANHARMONICON

panharmonicon  [ˌpænhɑːˈmɒnɪkɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANHARMONICON

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Panharmonicon is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PANHARMONICON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Panharmonicon

The Panharmonicon was a musical instrument invented in 1805 by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, a contemporary and friend of Beethoven. Beethoven apparently composed his piece "Wellington's Victory" to be played on this behemoth mechanical orchestral organ to commemorate Arthur Wellesley's victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. It was one of the first automatic playing machines, similar to the later Orchestrion. The Panharmonicon could imitate all instruments and sound effects like gunfire and cannon shots. One instrument was destroyed in the Landesgewerbemuseum in Stuttgart during an air raid in World War II. ▪ Friedrich Kaufmann copied this automatic playing machine in 1808 and his family produced Orchestrions from that time on. One of Mälzel's Panharmonicons was sent to Boston 1811 and was exhibited there and then in New York City and other cities. Mälzel also was on tour with interruptions with this instrument in the USA from February 7, 1826 until his death in 1838. ▪ In 1817 Flight & Robson in London built a similar automatic instrument called Apollonicon.

Definition of panharmonicon in the English dictionary

The definition of panharmonicon in the dictionary is a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANHARMONICON


aglycon
eɪˈɡlaɪkɒn
bursicon
ˈbɜːsɪkɒn
daikon
ˈdaɪkɒn
diacatholicon
ˌdaɪəkəˈθɒlɪkɒn
dykon
ˈdaɪkɒn
eikon
ˈaɪkɒn
icon
ˈaɪkɒn
ikon
ˈaɪkɒn
lyricon
ˈlɪrɪkɒn
panopticon
pænˈɒptɪkɒn
Pentelikon
pɛnˈtɛlɪkɒn
racon
ˈreɪkɒn
sericon
ˈserɪkɒn
stick-on
ˈstɪkɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANHARMONICON

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Panglossian
Pango Pango
pangolin
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panhandle
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panhandler
Panhellenic
panhellenion
Panhellenism
Panhellenist
Panhellenistic
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panic alarm
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PANHARMONICON

apollonicon
catholicon
diaconicon
eirenicon
emoticon
fashion icon
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ferrosilicon
harmonicon
helicon
irenicon
lexicon
onomasticon
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replicon
Rubicon
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vidicon

Synonyms and antonyms of panharmonicon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «panharmonicon» into 25 languages

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panharmonicon
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panharmonicon
570 millions of speakers

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panharmonicon
380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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panharmonicon
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panharmonicon
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Panharmonicon
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Panharmonicon
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panharmonicon
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panharmonicon
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Panharmonicon
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panharmonicon
75 millions of speakers

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पॅरामरॉनिकॉन
75 millions of speakers

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70 millions of speakers

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65 millions of speakers

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panharmonicon
50 millions of speakers

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panharmonicon
40 millions of speakers

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panharmonicon
10 millions of speakers
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panharmonicon
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANHARMONICON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANHARMONICON» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANHARMONICON»

Discover the use of panharmonicon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to panharmonicon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poet's Prose: The Crisis in American Verse
Emerson, anticipating the Ideogrammic Method of Ezra Pound or the Grand Collage of Robert Duncan, calls the oratorical form a panharmonicon. The panharmonicon provides an American parallel to Mallarme's later championing of ...
Stephen Fredman, 1990
2
Crescendo of the Virtuoso: Spectacle, Skill, and ...
In 1805 he completed a gigantic organ-like instrument of his own invention that he called a Panharmonicon. This machine incorporated a large variety of orchestral instruments, woodwinds, brass, percussion, but no strings, simulating an ...
Paul Metzner, 1998
3
Artists in the Life of Charleston: Through Colony and State, ...
UNION OF THE PANHARMONICON AND PAPYROTOMIA . . . THE PAPYROTOMIA consists of several hundred Cuttings in Paper, embracing an immense variety of subjects . . . Each visitor is entitled to see the Papyrotomia, and to receive a ...
Anna Wells Rutledge, 2008
4
Panharmonicon; Designed As an Illustration of an Engraved ...
This collection provides histories and analyses of society, culture, education, crime, and family life.
Francis Webb, 2011
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The Orchestral Revolution: Haydn and the Technologies of Timbre
Advertisements for the panharmonicon also report that it played two different works based on the subject of Wellington: “Marquise Wellington's March” by H. Clasing and “Duke of Wellington's Victory” by a composer identified as “Bishop” ...
Emily I. Dolan, 2013
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Panharmonicon; Designed as an Illustration of an Engraved ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Francis Webb, 2012
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Emerson's Transatlantic Romanticism
Truth is shrill as a fife[,] various as a panharmonicon' (JMN3, 433; editors' interpolation). Here expression is directly connected to the mind, that which is his own; but, crucially, not that which is single or consistent. As always it is important to ...
David Greenham, 2012
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Mälzel, known today primarily for patenting the metronome, convinced Beethoven to write a short piece commemorating Wellington's victory for his invention the panharmonicon. A kind of mechanical contraption that was able to play ...
By Wikipedians
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Concert room and orchestra anecdotes of music and musicians: ...
The expense of erecting this instrument, which was built under the royal patronage, is stated to have been more than ten thousand pounds. THE PANHARMOSICON. In the year 1814, Mr. Maelzel, the ingenious inventor of the Panharmonicon, ...
Thomas Busby, 1825
10
Did You Know?: A Music Lover's Guide to Nicknames, Titles, ...
XVI: 26). PANHARMONICON/JohannNepomukHummel(1772-183 8) \ This is a mechanical instrument capable of imitating the sounds of a military band. Inspired by this machine and at the inventor's urging, Beethoven wrote his WELLINGTON ...
Seymour L. Benstock, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANHARMONICON»

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Beethoven Anguish and Triumph: A Biography: Review
... music — his potboiler VictorySymphony was played on Johann Nepomuk Maelzel's mechanical music-making Panharmonicon a century and ... «Toronto Star, Dec 14»
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The music of fictional composers.
Then, in an exalted, inebriated state, Gambara rolls out the Panharmonicon, a kind of one-man orchestra that he has devised to realize his ... «New Yorker, Aug 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Panharmonicon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/panharmonicon>. May 2024 ».
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