“If
we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an
ensemble. Τherefore, respect every musician in his proper place.” - Robert Schumann
The ‘Word for the Day’ today
was inspired by this music that I heard on the radio this morning:
It is J.S. Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No 3", BWV1048, and the word is:
ebullient |iˈboŏlyənt; iˈbəlyənt| adjective
1 cheerful and full of energy: She sounded ebullient and happy.
2 archaic or poetic/literary (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if
boiling: Misted and ebullient
seas.
DERIVATIVES
ebullience |əˌbʊljəns| noun
ebulliently |əˌbʊliəntli| adverb
ORIGIN late 16th cent.(in the sense [boiling] ): from Latin ebullient- ‘boiling
up,’ from the verb ebullire, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + bullire ‘to boil.’
And it certainly is very bubbly, energetic, cheerful,
ever-forward moving music! Bach could create something this remarkably complex
and intricate and make it sound so simple and facile. And of course such is the
case with all six of his Brandenburg Concertos, which are masterpieces of the baroque!
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