Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Music

Nouns
  • music
  • concert
  • strain, tune, air
  • melody etc. Melody. Concord
  • aria, arietta
  • work, number, opus
  • sonata
  • rondo
  • pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza
  • cadence
  • fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, dithyramb
  • opera, operetta
  • oratorio
  • composition, movement
  • stave
  • toccata
  • full score
  • minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra
  • potpourri, capriccio. vocal music, vocalism
  • chaunt, chant
  • psalm, psalmody
  • hymn
  • song etc. (poem) Poetry
  • canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio. Lydian measures
  • slow music, slow movement
  • adagio etc. adv.
  • minuet
  • siren strains, soft music, lullaby
  • dump
  • dirge etc. (lament) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
  • pibroch
  • martial music, march
  • dance music
  • waltz etc. (dance) Amusement. solo, duet, duo, trio
  • quartet, quartett
  • septett
  • part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale
  • antiphon, antiphony
  • accompaniment, second, bass
  • score
  • bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto. composer etc. Melody. Concord
  • musician etc. Musician [Performance of Music.].
Verbs
Adjectives
  • musical
  • instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic
  • harmonious etc. Melody. Concord
  • Wagnerian.
Adverbs
  • adagio
  • largo, larghetto, andante, andantino
  • maestoso, moderato
  • allegro, allegretto
  • spiritoso, vivace, veloce
  • presto, prestissimo
  • con brio
  • capriccioso
  • scherzo, scherzando
  • legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso
  • obbligato
  • pizzicato
  • desto.
Phrases
  • in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]
  • like the faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]
  • music arose with its voluptuous swell" [Byron]
  • music is the universal language of mankind" [Longfellow]
  • music's golden tongue" [Keats]
  • the speech of angels" [Carlyle]
  • will sing the savageness out of a bear" [Othello]
  • music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.