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- adjective Of or pertaining to the mythological figure
Euterpe , or tomusic .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With Walter's well-known love for music and drugs, it figures that his Euterpean tastes tilt toward progressive and psychedelic rock.
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At another he went to hear the Euterpean band; and at all other times he was taking tea with good boys, or engaged in some laudable employment.
Master William Mitten: or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck 1864
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Recivilise, as of old they were civilised: by witchery of the Orphic fiddle-bow, and Euterpean rhythm; by the Graces, by the Smiles!
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Take the strangest or least adept examples and tout them as horrifying examples of what can happen when (gasp) amateurs step out of their hole and elect to follow the Euterpean muse sans the strict guidance of a puppeteer -- er, producer.
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A program of romantic art songs and arias by 19th-century composers performed in the Museum's Greek Revival double parlors by members of the Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society: Anthony Bellov, Rosalind Gnatt, Jane Rady, Dayle Vander Sande.
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A program of romantic art songs and arias by 19th-century composers performed in the Museum's Greek Revival double parlors by members of the Bond Street Euterpean Singing Society: Anthony Bellov, Rosalind Gnatt, Jane Rady, Dayle Vander Sande.
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