Chiffre
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chiffre is a noun meaning (music) A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).
Meaning
(music) A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).
Example Sentences
At the end of the eighteenth century, French opera composers like A. E. Grétry (Richard Coeur de Lion, 1784), L. Cherubini (Medeé, 1797), and J. Fr. Le Cueur (Ossian ou les Bardes, 1804) began to “assign musical chiffres to precise dramatic situations or single figures on the stage, which were played again when these figures appeared again,” according to Bern University professor Anselm Gerhard.
Word Forms
- chiffres
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