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opus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | composition, musical composition, piece, piece of music |
| Type of | music |
| Has types | allegretto, allegro, andante, arrangement, bagatelle, canon, capriccio, divertimento, duet, duette, duo, etude, fantasia, vocal, trio, adagio, idyl, idyll, incidental music, intermezzo, introit, larghetto, largo, medley, morceau, motet, movement, musical arrangement, musical passage, nocturne, notturno, octet, octette, passage, pastiche, pastoral, pastorale, potpourri, program music, programme music, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, realisation, realization, septet, septette, serenade, sestet, sextet, sextette, sheet music, solo, song, study, suite, symphonic poem, toccata, tone poem |
Examples of opus
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Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat major, opus 20, takes us into the romantic period.
From the harrowtimes.co.uk
A magnum opus of the hero who fought for the pride of the people of Maharashtra.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For the philosophical opus of the same name by Levi ben Gershom, see Gersonides.
From the en.wikipedia.org
After two pieces by Rachmaninov, she played Chopin's Ballade in G minor, opus 23.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
At the age of 61, Brodkey has at last released his magnum opus, The Runaway Soul.
From the time.com
Diligence and volume tend to be the yardsticks by which one's opus is measured.
From the businessweek.com
Robinson already has plans for his fourth opus and a larger tour later in 2008.
From the metro.co.uk
He certainly seems to have felt compelled to write Two Brothers, his magnum opus.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
As you can imagine, Mr Cain's opus does not much benefit from a close reading.
From the economist.com
- Musical composition: a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
- Opus is a pop-rock group from Graz, Austria. Formed in 1973, the group remains active today. The band is especially well known for its 1985 release "Live is Life."
- Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed for a period of circa five years from 2003 to 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland.
- Opus is a free, open source content management system for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets.
- Opus is a student newspaper published at the University of Newcastle, Australia by the Newcastle University Students' Association (NUSA). ...
- Taligent (a portmanteau of Talent and Intelligent)"", The Register, 3 October 2008 was the name of an object-oriented operating system and the company dedicated to producing it. ...
- Opus was a son of Zeus and Protogeneia, the daughter of Deucalion. Opus was a king of the Epeians and father of Cambyse or Protogeneia. (Pind. Ol. ix. 85, &c. with the Schol.)
- A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works; A work, especially of art
- (OPU) Ovum pick up. The procedure of collecting oocytes.
