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▪ I. segue, v. Mus.|ˈsɛgweɪ|
[a. It. segue, 3rd pers. sing. pres. of seguire to follow.]
intr.
‖1. (See quot. 1959.)
1740J. Grassineau Mus. Dict. 214 Segue, it follows, or comes after; this word is often found before aria, alleluja, amen. 1801T. Busby Compl. Dict. Mus. p. xxxii, The Italian word Segue, set against any of these abbreviations, signifies a repetition of the same notes, or passage. Ibid. s.v. Segue, (Ital.) it follows: as Segue Coro, the chorus follows. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 390/1 Segue (It.), follows, succeeds, comes after; as, segue il coro, the chorus follows; segue l'aria, the aria follows. 1959Collins Mus. Encycl. 592/2 Segue,..‘Follows’. Used as a direction (1) to proceed to the following movement without a break, and (2) to continue a formula which has been indicated, such as arpeggiating of chords or doubling in octaves.
2. slang. Of a person or music: to move without interruption from one song or melody to another. Freq. const. into. Also transf. and fig.
1958D. Halperin in P. Gammond Decca Bk. of Jazz xx. 250 Then, without stopping, the guitarist and Ellington segued into Body and soul. 1962‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed (1966) iii. 26 The Haydn selection reached the oboe part—melody segued and started to build. 1967A. Arent Gravedigger's Funeral (1968) xii. 190 Just then the orchestra segued into something I recognised. 1970New Yorker 12 Sept. 32/2 The first started off with some flourishes from a Bach organ toccata and segued into ‘She Comes in Colors’. 1976C. Larson Muir's Blood (1978) xxv. 135 The organist..segued resonantly from ‘In the Garden’ to ‘Rock of Ages’.
transf. and fig.1972G. Baxt Burning Sappho v. 78 The crowds..let up a roar which soon segued into a mixture of cheers, jeers, jests, gibes. 1977Time (Chicago) 17 Oct. 79/3 Bertolucci abruptly and wisely segues from the festivities to an epilogue, set in the present, that brings the enormous film full circle. 1978Logan & Woffinden Illustr. New Musical Express Encycl. Rock 199/1 How do the world's most celebrated adolescents [sc. the Rolling Stones] segue into middle age?
▪ II. segue, n. Mus. slang.|ˈsɛgweɪ|
[f. prec.]
An uninterrupted transition from one song or melody to another. (Used of both live and pre-recorded music.)
1937Printers' Ink Monthly May 42/1 Segue, the transition from one musical number to another without break or announcements. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xix. 240 We could be doing ‘Limehouse Blues’ way up in tempo, look at the clock, and do a direct segue into the theme. 1977Rolling Stone 13 Jan. 19/1 The band plays an hour straight, moving fluidly from one number to another; indeed, Parker calls Edwards the ‘King of Segue’. 1980S. Brett Dead Side of Mike xv. 162 ‘He just does a long sequence of slow, sexy numbers, so they can dance real close... Straight segue.’ ‘What's a segue?’ ‘Record to record, no chat.’ |
