müsse

See also: musse, Musse, and mussé

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʏsə/

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Verb

müsse

1. first/third-person singular subjunctive I of müssen
   • ca. 1850: Robert Schumann, Musikalische Haus- und Lebensregeln, translated into English by Henry Hugo Pierson

     Es meinte Jemand, ein vollkommener Musiker müsse im Stande sein, ein zum ersten Mal gehörtes, auch complicirteres [kompliziertes] Orchesterwerk wie in leibhaftiger Partitur vor sich zu sehen. Das ist das Höchste, was gedacht werden kann.

     It has been thought that a perfect musician must be able to see, in his mind's eye, any new, and even complicated, piece of orchestral music as if in full score lying before him! This is indeed the greatest triumph of musical intellect that can be imagined.

Usage notes

Contrast the subjunctive, "It has been thought that a perfect musician must...", with a declarative statement like "A perfect musician must...".