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prick song
prick song
noun
- obsolete.
- a piece of written vocal music
- vocal music sung from a copy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prick song1
1400–50; late Middle English, short for pricked song
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prick song1
C16: from pricked song, prickt song, from prick (in the sense: to mark out, notate)
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Example Sentences
The point was that it should be extempore; if written down it ceased to be true descant, and was then called 'prick-song.'
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Any song which was printed in various parts was called a prick-song, to distinguish it from one sung extemporaneously or by ear.
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The word prick-song occurs not only in all the musical books, but in the literature of the time, and in Shakespeare.
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Well said, wench; and the prick-song we use shall be our husbands.
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Prick-Song, music pricked or noted down, full of flourish and variety.
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