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The etymology of the word gnossienne is contentious, but the word existed in French literature before Satie's usage, and is in the 1865 Larousse Dictionary, referring to the ritual labyrinth dance created by Theseus to celebrate his victory over the Minotaur, first described in the "Hymn to Delos" by Callimachus.
Comprised of is an expression in English that means "composed of". [1] This is thought by language purists to be improper because to "comprise" (without the "of") can already mean to "be composed of". By that definition, "comprised of" would be ungrammatical as it implies "composed of of".
Ancient Eastern hymns include the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten, composed by Pharaoh Akhenaten; [6] the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal; [7] the Rigveda, an Indian collection of Vedic hymns; [8] hymns from the Classic of Poetry (Shijing), a collection of Chinese poems from 11th to 7th centuries BC; [9] the Gathas—Avestan hymns believed to have been composed by Zoroaster; [10] and the Biblical Book ...
41 of the 118 known elements have names associated with, or specifically named for, places around the world or among astronomical objects. 32 of these have names tied to the places on Earth, and the other nine are named after to Solar System objects: helium for the Sun; tellurium for the Earth; selenium for the Moon; mercury (indirectly), uranium, neptunium and plutonium after their respective ...
Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. When music was only available through sheet music scores, such as during the Classical and Romantic eras, music lovers would buy the sheet music of their favourite pieces and ...
The above names are composed of the first verbal root in each class followed by ādayaḥ "etc.; and next" – bhv-ādayaḥ thus means "the class starting with bhū". The small number of class 8 verbs are a secondary group derived from class 5 roots, and class 10 is a special case, in that any verb can form class 10 presents, then assuming ...
Lexicology also considers the relationships that exist between words. In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is composed of lexemes, which are abstract units of meaning that correspond to a set of related forms of a word. Lexicology looks at how words can be broken down as well as identifies common patterns they follow.
"Memories of Lee Morgan", composed by Pharoah Sanders in memory of Lee Morgan. (Morgan had played on Dizzy Gillespie's recording of "I Remember Clifford". [13]) "Bird's Lament" by Moondog, dedicated to Charlie Parker "Threnody for Sharon Tate", written by Freddie Hubbard and İlhan Mimaroğlu, from the 1971 album Sing Me a Song of Songmy