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A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, 1908
82 lines. Read by computer on 12 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 502. See the scan on archive.org.
1First Hungarian national opera. (See Opera.)
2First music printing by stereotype process—B. F. Reinhard.
3First opera—Peri's Euridice, 1600.
4First opera house—Venice, 1637.
5First oratorio—Rome, 1600. (See Oratorio.)
6First Protestant hymn-book—1524. (See Walther.)
7First English Psalter with melody in the treble—Playford, 1654.
8First published vocal score—Rore's chromatic madrigals, 1575.
9First Russian national opera. (See Opera.)
10First tremolo for strings—Monteverde.
11First University musical degree on record—H. Abyngdon, 1463.
12First use of f, p, tr, << > (See Mazzocchi.) one of two readings
13First use of f, p, tr, <> (See Mazzocchi.) one of two readings
14First use of the unprepared dominant 7th. (See Mouton.)
15First use of three staves for pf. playing. (See F. G. Pollini.)
16" Forerunner of Bach"—H. Schütz.
17" Forerunner of Palestrina"—Gombert.
18Founder of French grand opera—Lully. (See also Cambert.)
19Founder of French Opera-bouffe—Duni.
20Founder of German Romantic opera—Weber.
21" Founder of modern pf. technique"—D. Scarlatti.
22" Founder of modern violin technique"—Corelli.
23Founder of the Neapolitan School—A. Scarlatti.
24" Founder of the Scandinavian school"—Gade.
25Founder of the Tonic Sol-fa system—Curwen (and Miss Glover).
26Founder of the Venetian School—Willaert.
27Founder of transcendental (or orchestral) pf. playing—Liszt.
28" French Stradivarius"—Lupot.
29" French Tartini"—Gaviniés.
30" From Bach to Offenbach." (See Offenbach.)
31Fugue in 64 parts. (See P. Raimondi.)
32Greatest composer of the Netherland school—Lassus.
33" Greatest contralto of the 19th century"—Alboni.
34Greatest English composer—H. Purcell.
35Greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece—Pindar.
36Greatest oboist of the 18th century—L. A. Lebrun.
37Greatest poet of the Greek church—Johannes Damascenus,
38Greatest Portuguese composer—Portogallo.
39Handel's chief rival—Bononcini.
40" Hannibal of octaves"—Tedesco.
41" Hercules of singing"—J. E. Lavigne.
42Highest recorded voice—Agujari.
43" Incarnation of the soul of the piano"—Chopin.
44Inventor of an apparatus for tuning pianos—Delsarte.
45Inventor of harmonic organ stops—Cavaillé-Coll.
46Inventor of harp pedals—M. C. Oginski.
47Inventor of movable types for music printing—Petrucci.
48Inventor of the ballet-pantomime—Noverre.
49Inventor of the Chiroplast—Logier.
50Inventor of the claviharpe—Dietz (1814).
51Inventor of the double-action harp—Erard.
52Inventor of the first upright pianoforte—Del Mela (1730).
53Inventor of the harmonium—Debain (1840).
54Inventor of the hexachord system—Guido.
55Inventor of the laryngoscope—M. Garcia.
56Inventor of the melodeon—Dietz (1805).
57Inventor of the (modern form of the) clarinet—J. C. Denner (abt. 1700).
58Inventor of the organ wind-gauge—Förner.
59Inventor of the pf. " hammer-action"—Cristofori.
60Inventor of the pneumatic lever (organ)—C. S. Barker.
61Inventor of the Serpentcleide—T. M. Glen.
62Inventor of the symphonic poem—Liszt.
63Inventor of valves for brass instruments—Claggett, 1790.
64" Irish Handel"—O'Carolan.
65" Italian Gluck"—Jommelli (or Sacchini).
66" Italian Orpheus"—Crescentini.
67" King of instruments"—the organ.
68" King of Quadrilles"—Musard.
69" King of the orchestra"—the violin.
70" King of violin makers"—Stradivarius.
71Largest organ in the world. (See Organ.)
72" l'Alexandre des violons"—Boucher.
73" Last of the classic composers"—Brahms.
74" Leader of the German Romanticists"—Schumann.
75" Maid of Bath"—E. A. Linley.
76" Moliere of Music"—Grétry.
77Most wonderful musical memory on record—C. J. Stanley.
78" Musical small-coal man"—Britton.
79" Music personified"—Mozart.
80" Northern Strauss"—Lumbye.
81Oldest existing flute. (See Egyptian Music.)
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