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Prince William Sound
Prince William Sound large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows into Columbia Bay, in the N central portion. Shipping is focused at the port of Valdez , which is the southern... Read more |
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echo sounder
echo sounder an older instrumentation system for indirectly determining ocean floor depth. Echo sounding is based on the principle that water is an excellent medium for the transmission of sound waves and that a sound pulse will bounce off a reflecting layer, returning to its source as an echo. The... Read more |
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sound barrier
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sound card
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vibration
vibration in physics, commonly an oscillatory motion—a movement first in one direction and then back again in the opposite direction. It is exhibited, for example, by a swinging pendulum, by the prongs of a tuning fork that has been struck, or by the string of a musical instrument that has... Read more |
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sound recording
sound recording process of converting the acoustic energy of sound into some form in which it can be permanently stored and reproduced at any time. In 1855 the inventor Leon Scott constructed a device called a phonautograph that recorded tracings of the vibrations of sound. Thomas Edison,... Read more |
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Henry Sweet
Henry Sweet 1845-1912, English philologist and phonetician. An authority on Anglo-Saxon and the history of the English language, Sweet was also a pioneer in modern scientific phonetics. His History of English Sounds (1874) was a landmark in that study. In 1901 he was made a reader in phonetics at... Read more |
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stereophonic sound
stereophonic sound sound recorded simultaneously through two or more electronic channels. For live recordings, microphones are placed in different positions relative to the sound source. The recorded sound is played back through loudspeakers placed more or less as the recording microphones were... Read more |
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Tafelmusik
Tafelmusik Baroque orchestra "The phenomenal success of Tafelmusik's playing lies in its unique sound, praised for its orthodoxy, polish and exuberance—a sound which has achieved world-class status for this orchestra, regarded by many as one of the best Baroque ensembles on the... Read more |
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tone
tone. 1. Mus. sound, as in analysis to show that a vn. note has several...e.g. C–D, E–F♯. 3. Quality of sound, as in ‘sweet tone’, ‘harsh tone’, ‘dry tone’. 4. Plainsong melody, as in Gregorian tone. 5. Amer. usage... |
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Sweet harmony; Boston Herald Book Club selection 'Plainsong' finds melody in...
...selection, Kent Haruf's "Plainsong" (Vintage, $13), might...desperation. "I wrote 'Plainsong' in an old coal room...admitted his writing method "sounds peculiar," but he has his...direct. Something about the sound of the keys hitting makes...figure ... |
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MUSIC
...strings were no concord of sweet sounds. But Mendelssohn's verve...other. In the first movement, plainsong lines grew into arches of sound; in the second, silence was...basic level of painting in sound. And in the whispered entreaties... |
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PERFORMING ARTS
...Chorus, orchestra and solo singers transform austere plainsong into dazzling fusions of dance rhythms, sobbing...exquisite period instruments was augmented with the sweet, startling sounds of the Concerto Palatino (wooden cornetts and antique... |
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FROM THE CHAPLAIN
...above all others. To hear the aching, yearning plainsong of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is to have a community...part choir, caroling with no refrain. Strange how sweet their voices sound - fire and water do not blend! Have the elements... |
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VIRGINIA RODRIGUES "Nos" Hannibal
...suggests the soft-spun purity of a boy tenor, the sweet solemnity of plainsong, the melancholy lines of a cello or oboe, yet there...Wednesday at Lisner Auditorium. * To hear a free Sound Bite from Virginia Rodrigues, call Post- Haste... |
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The Secret Life of Bees. (Review & opinion: sweet as honey). (book review)
...wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin...Like Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Kent Haruf's Plainsong, this book is about family and caretaking and blurring social... |
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Long-PLaying Yule Tunes, New This Season
...IT'S GETTING TO sound a lot like Christmas...because according to Sweet Tee, "What? You...some sampling of sounds, the Surf M.C...Eyes still sounded sweet and innocent. The lush arrangements sound dated, but Sinatra sounds ... |
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[ SPIN CONTROL ]
...Galaxy 500, pioneers of a sound that some have dubbed...the languid, dreamy sounds of the past with lusher...ransom/I bought some sweet, sweet, sweet, sunflowers/And gave...Fairport Convention, Plainsong), specializes in ... |
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Late-blooming author surprised by the success of his latest work
...paperback edition of "Plainsong" (Vintage, 2000...in love with it. "Plainsong" is an honest, gentle...ordinary boundaries. It sounds pretty hifalutin." It is strange but sweet success for Haruf...write." Haruf wrote "Plainsong" over six ... |
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
...segment of the program included a plainsong, "Te Deum," that was exactly...spaces mean it can't bring the sounds of an orchestra to your ears...sounded wiry; the amplified sound still diffused uncontrollably...Defunte" sounded a bit less sweet than usual, ... |
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