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- noun Plural form of
cantabile .
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Examples
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To the evils of poverty he is now a stranger; his _adagios_ and _cantabiles_ have procured him the protection of nobles; and, contrary to the poor shirtless mendicant of the Muses that we left in a garret, he is arrayed in a coat decorated with frogs, a bag-wig, solitaire, and ruffled shirt.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency John Trusler
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Mikuli asserted that Chopin brought out an "immense" tone in cantabiles.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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The tone which Chopin brought out of the instrument was always, especially in the cantabiles, immense (riesengross), only Field could perhaps in this respect be compared to him.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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"Give us 'Sugar in a Gourd,' or 'Jim Crow,'" cried out Ralph Tracy, "none of your d-- d cantabiles."
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832
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