ground bass
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ground bass
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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Yet Johnson’s overall sprightliness covers a ground bass of melancholy and lament.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2020
The Baroque chaconne used a recurring element, often a ground bass, as a hook for variations.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2013
But the raucous swallows, the woman’s droning commands, the ground bass of the machinery mesmerized her.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
Grieg, 21; Canon for Pianoforte, 37; Peer Gynt Suite, 80; Holberg Suite, 80; works and features of style, 324-325. ground bass, 86; from Bach's Mass, 86.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
Above a ground bass proudly and boldly striding along, flow mighty waves of sound.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
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