Musical is the adjective form of music. It may also refer to:
- Musical artist
- Musical composer
- Musical composition, an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music
- Musical ensemble, a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music
- Musical film: musicals on film produced for the cinema
- Musical instrument, a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface, an industry-standard protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other electronic equipment to communicate and synchronize with each other
- Musical keyboard, the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano
- Musical theatre: any dramatic work heavily involving music; often called a "musical"
- MusicAL: Albanian Television channel which broadcasts Albanian folk music
- Musical Merry-Go-Round, a NBC TV series which aired from 1947 to 1949
Famous quotes containing the word musical:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
Such gallant chiding; for besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)