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quatrain
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
quatrain stanza of four lines. XVI ( quadrain ). — F. quatrain , †quadrain , f. quatre FOUR + - ain (see -AN ).
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Takemitsu, Toru
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Gitimalya ( Bouquet of Songs ), marimba, orch. (1974); Quatrain , vn., vc., cl., pf., orch. (1975); Marginalia...Waves , solo cl., hn., 2 tb., bass drum (1976); Quatrain II , cl., vn., vc., pf. (1977); Waterways , cl...
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rondel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...one of three stanzas of thirteen or fourteen lines, with the first two lines of the opening quatrain recurring at the end of the second quatrain and the concluding sestet. 2. a circular object: at the point where these paths join there is...
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Nostradamus, Michael (Latinized Form of Nostredame, Michel De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...1555. This opening salvo also contained the first three centuries, or groups of 100 quatrains of rhyming iambic pentameters, plus century IV, quatrains l – 53. The numerous allusions to heavily veiled persons, places, and events...
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Omar Khayyam
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...perhaps best known as a poet. He composed four-line verses (i.e. rubāʿiyyāt , ‘quatrains’) which became known through the Eng. version of Edward Fitzgerald as The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam . Fitzgerald...
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pantoum
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
pantoum (Fr., from Malay pantum ). Type of verse quatrain of Malayan origin adapted in Fr. verse by 18th-cent poet Evariste Parny and by Victor Hugo. The term was used by Ravel to describe 2nd movt. (scherzo) of his pf. trio (1914).
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Nostradamus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...French astrologer and physician; Latinized name of Michel de Nostredame . His cryptic and apocalyptic predictions in rhyming quatrains appeared in two collections (1555; 1558) and their interpretation continues to be the subject of controversy.
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díchetal do chennaib
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...díchetal do chennaib may have been a kind of clairvoyance or psychometry in which the seer conveys his message in quatrain or verse. The ollam was required to be proficient in both the díchetal do chennaib and the imbas forosnai . Fionn...
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van Eyck, Hubert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...the outer panels painted on both sides. They depict the Adoration of the Lamb, Christ enthroned, and other subjects. A quatrain on the frame asserts that it was begun by Hubert and finished by Jan in 1432, but Hubert's connection with it has sometimes...
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Matthews, Colin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...ob., bcl., dbn., hn., str. quintet (1984–5); Hidden Variables , 15 players (1988–9); Quatrain , wind, brass, perc. (1989); Contraflow , 14 players (1992).VOICE & INSTR(S).: Un colloque sentimental...
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