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an·a·cru·sis (

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1. One or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse, before the reckoning of the normal meter begins.

2. Music See upbeat.

[New Latin anacrsis, from Greek anakrousis, beginning of a tune, from anakrouein, to strike up a song : ana-, ana- + krouein, to push.]

anacrusis [ˌænəˈkruːsɪs]

n pl -ses [-siːz]

1. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse

2. (Music / Classical Music) Music

a. an unstressed note or group of notes immediately preceding the strong first beat of the first bar

b. another word for upbeat

[from Greek anakrousis prelude, from anakrouein to strike up, from ana- + krouein to strike]

anacrustic [ˌænəˈkrʌstɪk] adj

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poetry upbeat	Zeyer keeps to an iambic metre by using anacrusis, which Janacek declaims generally on the last arsis of a bar or else neutralises by using corresponding values: "Kles s tebou" as a half-note triplet, Tam najdes as three quavers and sometimes, in fact quite often, even prolonging the anacrusis as against the subsequent text. Janacek: a few glosses on his operas by Stedron, Milos / Czech Music The first subphrase is a modified inversion of the first measure of the Mother's theme, motives a and b and the first note of motive c, excluding the anacrusis but including the grace note. Thematic and tonal imagery in Brahms's Ballade in D Minor, Op. 10, ... by Flint, llen Rennie / American Music Teacher Possible, of course; but treat them as Ionics a minore with an anacrusis, and see if they don't go better:' For halt" an hour the two men talked Greek metres as if they lived in a world where the only hunger known could be satisfied by grand or sweet cadences. Remembering George Gissing by Stove, Judy / New Criterion	anachronic anachronism anachronistic anachronistically Anachronize Anachronous anachrony Anacin III Anaclastic Anaclastic glass Anaclastics anaclinal anaclisis anaclitic anaclitic depression anacoenosis anacoluthia Anacoluthic anacoluthon anaconda anacoustic Anacreon Anacreontic Anacrotic Anacrotism anacrusis Anacyclus Anacyclus pyrethrum anadama bread anadem Anadenanthera Anadenanthera colubrina anadiplosis Anadrom anadromous Anadyr anaemia anaemic anaerobe Anaerobia anaerobic anaerobic exercise Anaerobies anaerobiosis Anaerobiotic anaesthesia anaesthesiologist anaesthesiology anaesthesis anaesthetic anaesthetic agent	Anacreon Anacreon Anacreon (poet) Anacreon (poet) Anacreon of Persia Anacreon of Sweden Anacreonian Anacreonian Anacreontea Anacreontea Anacreontic Anacreontic Anacreontic Poetry Anacreontics Anacreontics Anacronism Anacronist Anacronyism anacrotic anacrotic anacrotic limb anacrotic limb anacrotic limb anacrotic pulse anacrotic pulse anacrotic pulse anacrotic pulse anacrotism anacrotism anacruses anacrusis ANACS ANACT Anactinochitinosi anaculture anacusis Anacyclus Anacyclus Anacyclus pyrethrum Anacystis Anacystis cyanea ANAD ANADA anadama bread Anadaman Islands Anadaman Islands ANADBU anadem Anadenanthera Anadenanthera colubrina Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil Anadenanthera peregrina anadicrotic anadicrotic pulse anadicrotic pulse anadicrotic pulse anadicrotic pulse anadicrotism anadidymus Anadin Ibuprofen Anadin Ibuprofen

Zeyer keeps to an iambic metre by using anacrusis, which Janacek declaims generally on the last arsis of a bar or else neutralises by using corresponding values: "Kles s tebou" as a half-note triplet, Tam najdes as three quavers and sometimes, in fact quite often, even prolonging the anacrusis as against the subsequent text.

Janacek: a few glosses on his operas by Stedron, Milos / Czech Music

The first subphrase is a modified inversion of the first measure of the Mother's theme, motives a and b and the first note of motive c, excluding the anacrusis but including the grace note.

Thematic and tonal imagery in Brahms's Ballade in D Minor, Op. 10, ... by Flint, llen Rennie / American Music Teacher

Possible, of course; but treat them as Ionics a minore with an anacrusis, and see if they don't go better:' For halt" an hour the two men talked Greek metres as if they lived in a world where the only hunger known could be satisfied by grand or sweet cadences.

Remembering George Gissing by Stove, Judy / New Criterion

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