(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:45:36

Ro*sa"li*a (?), n. [Cf. F. rosalie.] Mus.

A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.

 

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