Prolation

Prolation

Prolation (v. lat.), 1) die Hervorbringung, Erzählung; 2) Erweiterung, Verschiebung; 3) in der Musik die Verlängerung der Noten durch einen Punkt.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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