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A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, 1908
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1Quarter-note
3Quart'flöte (G.). A flute a 4th higher than the ordinary one.
4Quart'geige (G.). A small fiddle.
5Quart'posaune (G.). A trombone (or organ stop) a 4th lower than usual.
6Ü'bermässige Quar'te (G.). Augmented 4th.
7Vermin'derte Quar'te (G.). Diminished 4th.
9Quarter-note. (G., Vier'telnote, Vier'tel; F., Noire; I., Ne'ra.) A crotchet (♩).
10Quarter-rest. A crotchet rest (♩ or ♪).
12Quarter-tone. An interval equal to half a semitone.
13There are no exact quarter tones used in music; the term is loosely used for intervals less than a semitone, as, for example, the enharmonic intervals possible on vns. (between C♯ and Db. &c.).
15Quartet' (E.).
16Quartett' (G.).
17Quartette (F.).
18Quatuor (F.).
19Quartet'to (I.) {
20A composition for four solo voices or insts.
22Double quartet. A piece for 8 solo voices or insts.
23Pianoforte (or pf.) quartet. A composition for pf. and 3 other insts. (generally strings).
24Quartetti'no (I.). A short quartet.
25String quartet. A quartet for 1st and 2nd vns., viola, and 'cello.
26Wind quartet. A piece for 4 wind insts.
27N.B.—In German full scores Quartett', (or Quart.) means "all the strings of the orchestra." i.e., the "string band."
28Vocal Quartets are not written in any special form. Nearly all classical instrumental quartets are in "Sonata Form." (See Sonata.)
30Quarti'no (I.). A high clarinet in Eb.
31Quar'to (I.). (1) A fourth. (2) A crotchet.
32Quar'to d'aspet'to. A semiquaver rest (♩).
33Quar'to di tuo'no. A quarter tone.
35Quarto'le (G.). A quadruplet (q.v.).
37Quartsex'takkord (G.). A six-four chord; a second inversion.
39Qua'si (I.). As if; almost; like; in the style of.
40Andan'te qua'si len'to. Andante, almost lento; i.e., a slow Andante.
41Qua'si ad lib. As if ad lib.; almost at pleasure.
42Quasi allegret'to. Somewhat allegretto; rather quick.
43Qua'si caden'za. In the style of a cadenza; ad lib.
44Quasi chitar'ra. Imitating a guitar.
45Qua'si fantasi'a. In the style of a fantasia. (1) Not in strict form. (2) Somewhat ad lib. in performance.
46Quasi lonta'na. As if in the distance.
47Qua'si nien'te. "As if nothing;" as soft as possible.
48Qua'si parla'to. As if spoken.
49Qua'si recitati'vo. In the style of a recitative.
50Qua'si son'a'ta. Somewhat in sonata form, but not strictly so.
51Qua'si trom'be. "Like trumpets;" bright, clear, ringing.
53Quatorzième (F.). The interval of a 14th.
54Quat'rain. A poetical stanza of 4 lines rhyming alternately.
55Quatre (F.). Four.
56A quatre mains. For 4 hands (as a pf. piece).
58QUATREMAYNE, Frank. Bass vocalist; b. Devonport, 1848.
59Author of "Correct Voice Production," &c.
61Quat'rible. In old descant, singing in 4ths with the Plain-song.
63Quatrici'nium (L.). (See Quadricinium.)
65Quattricro'ma (I.). A hemidemisemiquaver.
66Quat'tro (I.). Four.
67A quat'tro ma'ni. For 4 hands.
68Quatuor (F.). (See Quartet.)
69Qua'ver. (G., Acht'elnote; F., Croche; I., Cro'ma.) An eighth-note (♩).
70Quaver rest. The sign ♩.
71N.B.—In vocal music quavers "which have to be sung to separate syllables are written detached, while those which are sung to a single syllable are grouped." (See also Slur.)
73Let us go to the woods with song, and
75Quavering. "The act of trilling or shaking, or running a division with the voice."
76—Grassineau.
78QUEIS'SER, Carl T. Great trombone player; b. nr. Leipzig, 1800; d. 1846. He is said to have "created" trombone playing.
79"There is a story to the effect that at the first rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, Queisser led off as follows, to the Composer's infinite amusement."—Grove.
81Quel'tenlexikon (G.). (See Eitner.)
82Quer (G.). Oblique, transverse, queer.
83Quer'flöte. The (ordinary) transverse flute. (See Flute.)
84Quer'pfeife. The ordinary transverse fife.
85Quer'stand. False relation.
86Quer'strich. (1) The oblique stroke joining the stems of quavers, &c.; or drawn across the stem of a minim, &c., to divide it into shorter notes:
87or
89(2) A leger-line.
91QUERCU, Simon de. B. Brabant.
92Pub., 1509, "Opusculum Musices" (a work on Gregorian music).
94Ques'ta,-o. This, that; yonder.
95Da ques'ta par'te fi'no al Maggio're po'co a po'co più anima'to e più for'te. From this place up to the major (portion), gradually quicker and louder.
96Ques'te no'te ben marca'te. These notes well accented.
98Queue (F.). "A tail." (1) The stem of a note. (2) The tail piece of a vn., &c.
99Piano à queue. A grand piano.
101Quet'schung (G.). An acciaccatura (q.v.).
103Quick step. A quick march. (See March.)
105QUIDANT, Alfred (or Joseph). Pianist; b. Lyons, 1815; d. Paris, 1893.
106Works: Popular light pf. music.
108Quiet'o (I.). Calm, quiet.
109Quietamen'te. Calmly, quietly.
110Quietis'simo. Very calmly, quietly, &c.
112QUILTER, Roger C. Composer; b. Brighton, 1877.
114QUINAULT, Jean B. M. D. Gien, 1744.
115Singer and actor, Paris Théâtre Français, 1712-33.
116Works: a grand 4-act ballet; over 20 intermèdes, ballets, &c.
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