1870, Mark Twain, chapter 46, inLife on the Mississippi[1], archived fromthe original on11 August 2014:
But for the Sir Walter disease, the character of the Southerner -- or Southron, according to Sir Walter's starchier way ofphrasing it -- would be wholly modern, in place of modern and medieval mixed, and the South would be fully a generation further advanced than it is.
(music) The way the musicalphrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
1977 August 13, Jim Marko, “Swados' Rare and MovingNightclub Cantata”, inGay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page11:
I found myself truly moved by a stage event for the first time in years. I found myself humming tunes that one might not rightfully call tunes. Days later, I still remember these musicalphrasings in little swatches of sound.
