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A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.

ect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

d into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.

To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation. To mangle a play or a novel. Swift.

he fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)

A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.

A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.

A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form. The drums presently striking up a march. Knolles. To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre.

A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight.

-- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of marines. -- Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel. -- Marine glue. See under Glue. -- Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea, including also risks of fire, piracy, and bar…

Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.

The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus. Canon of the Mass. See Canon. -- High Mass, Mass with incense, music, the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon…

A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirÉe.

The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).

A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.

A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.

A music hall.

The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.