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e·tude

 (ā′to͞od′, -tyo͞od′)
n. Music
1. A piece composed for the development of a specific point of technique.
2. A composition featuring a point of technique but performed because of its artistic merit.
[French étude, from Old French estudie, study; see study.]
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étude

(ˈeɪtjuːd; French etyd)
n
(Classical Music) a short musical composition for a solo instrument, esp one designed as an exercise or exploiting technical virtuosity
[C19: from French: study]
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é•tude

(ˈeɪ tud, ˈeɪ tyud)

n.
1. a musical composition that practices some point of technique, but is also played for its artistic merit.
2. study (def. 12).
[1830–40; < French; see study]
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étude

A study, or exercise, to display technique.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.etude - a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
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N'y-a-t-il pas de belles etudes parmi ces jeunes tetes?"
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"We will take the Etudes de la Velocite next, if you please, ladies."
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In the final etude they pretend--hilariously--to be burglars who break into a kitchen, taste some (apparently magic) food, and as a result gradually turn into cats!
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Il n'est cependant pas evident de savoir si cette substance peut provoquer le cancer chez les etres humains etant donne qu'elle est presente a tres petite dose dans la nourriture." La FDA n'a peut etre pas vu l'etude qui ecarte tout danger et qui fut publiee il y a plus de deux ans dans Journal of Cancer, une publication britannique.
L'etat de Californie instruit un proces relatif aux frites; les adversaires parlent d'un proces de pacotille
Cette etude comprenait plusieurs volets dont l'analyse economique, l'analyse d'impact environnemental, la simulation du procede sur HYSYS, le cout des equipements et l'etude HAZOP.
I'll etait une fois dans l'ouest
Nicolas de Harlay, sieur de Sancy (1546-1629): L'antagoniste d'Agrippa d'Aubigne: Etude biographique et contexte pamphletaire.
Nicolas de Harlay, sieur de Sancy (1546-1629): L'antagoniste d'Agrippa d'Aubigne: Etude biographique et contexte pamphletaire & Discours sur l'occurrence de ses affaires.
Thus Clara Rockmore's swooping theremin is followed by Olivier Messiaen's equally sinuous if less familiar electronic instrument, the ondes martenot; Pierre Schaeffer's cutup "Etude aux Chemins de fer" is followed by John Cage's cutup "Williams Mix"; and so on.
Shock value: Damon Krukowski on Electronic Music. (Music)
The tender whimsicality of Variation II after Donohoe's thunderous progress through Etudes V to VIII and the brisk delicacy of the fifth Variation before the Finale's triumphalism were so effective that the non-appearance of the other three, improvisatory and sensuous, felt like an omission.
Powerfully propelled by incisive rhythmic definition; Peter Donohoe Adrian Boult Hall
In 1980, Cage ceased work on the etudes with the eighteenth in the set.
The completion of John Cage's 'Freeman Etudes.'
The following is an abbreviated description of the 15 Low Horn Etudes by Ricardo Matosinhos:
Report (2 of 2) of the 2014 IHS Composition Contest
Le responsable a indique que toutes les etudes faites prouvent la presence du gaz dans la roche mere dans le bassin en question , a l'extreme sud tunisien.
Le directeur general de l'energie confirme les travaux d'exploration du gaz de Schiste en Tunisie

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