音乐厅

Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.

Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See {Tone}.

2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.

3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.

4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.

The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.

5. (Zo["o]l.) A more or less musical sound made by many of
the lower animals. See {Stridulation}.

{Magic music}, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.

{Music box}. See {Musical box}, under {Musical}.

{Music hall}, a place for public musical entertainments.

{Music loft}, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.

{Music of the spheres}, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.

{Music paper}, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.

{Music pen}, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.

{Music shell} (Zo["o]l.), a handsomely colored marine
gastropod shell ({Voluta musica}) found in the East
Indies; -- so called because the color markings often
resemble printed music. Sometimes applied to other shells
similarly marked.

{To face the music}, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
[Colloq. or Slang]


Music hall \Music hall\
A place for public musical entertainments; specif. (Eng.),
esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which
smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]