Meanings
ondes martenot1
alternative ondes Martenot
- entertainmentAn early electric keyboard instrument.
The score calls for three ondes Martenot, which are arranged spatially on the left, the right and in front of the conductor.
2017, Christopher Dingle, Messiaen's Final Works, Routledge, →ISBN, page 341 more example
After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot.
2018, Robert Philip, The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 465Synonyms: Martenot, ondes musicales
ondes Martenot2
- Alternative letter-case form of ondes martenot.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn early electric keyboard instrument.
Origin
- Frenchondes Martenot
- Englishondes martenot
From French ondes Martenot (literally “Martenot waves”), named after Maurice Martenot (1898–1980).
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