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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1LYNE, Felice. Soprano; b. Kansas City, U.S., 1891.
3LYNES, Frank. Organist and conductor; b. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1858. Studied Leipzig Cons. (1883-5). Afterwards settled in Boston.
4Works: vn. and pf. pieces, pf. music, part-songs, about 50 songs, &c.
6LYON, James. B. Manchester, 1872. Mus.D. Oxon, 1904.
7Works: anthems, songs, pf. pieces, 4 orchestral suites ("The Pearl of Sicily," "The Warden of the Cinque Ports," "The Legend Beautiful"), an organ sonata and other organ pieces, an overture in G min. (Sheffield, 1908), &c.
9Lyons. Old name for the bass-strings of lutes—probably because made there.
11Ly'ra (Gk., L., and G.). A lyre (q.v.).
12Ly'ra Barberi'na (I.). Barbary lyre; a large bowed lyre with 14 strings.
13Ly'ra da brac'cio (I.). A tenor viol with 7 strings and 2 drones.
14Ly'ra da gam'ba (I.). A bass viol, with 2 drones and several bowed strings.
15Ly'ra dop'pia (I.). (See Lira doppia.)
16Ly'ra mendicor'um (L.). A hurdy-gurdy.
17Ly'ra-vi'ol. An English viol with frets added. (See also Lira.)
18Ly'ra tede'sca (I.). German lyre; hurdy-gurdy.
20Ly'ra. A lyre-shaped variety of Stahlspiel (q.v.) used in military bands.
22LY'RA, Justus W. Pastor; composer of German "Student Songs;" b. Osna-brück, 1822; d. 1882.
23His extremely popular songs were published, 1896.
25Lyre. (G. and L., Ly'ra; F., Lyre, Live; G., Lei'er; I., Li'ra.) One of the most ancient of stringed instruments.
26It is fabled to have been invented by Mercury, about 2,000 b.c., from a dried up tortoise. Much confusion has been caused by the careless use of the words lyre and lute. The lyre is of the nature of a harp, from which it chiefly differs in having fewer strings. It differs essentially from the lute in having no fingerboard. In the middle ages, however, the term lira (or lyra) was applied to several bowed insts. which were really viols or "bowed" lutes. Luthier means either a lute maker or a violin maker. (See Lira and Lyra.)
28Lyr'iker (G.), Lyrique (F.), Lyr'isch (G.) Lyric, lyrical.
29Poetry that expresses feeling, passion, emotion, and sentiment, "fitted to be sung to the lyre;" as opposed to "epic" poetry which is of the nature of narrative.
30Lyric drama. Opera.
31Lyric opera. An opera in which the lyric elements predominate.
32Lyric Stage. The operatic stage; opera in general.
34Lyro'di. Ancient musicians who accompanied their singing by playing on the lyre.
36LYSBERG (or BOVY), Chas. Samuel. Pianist; b. Lysberg, nr. Geneva, 1821; d. 1873. Pupil of Chopin.
37Works: numerous favourite pf. pieces, and a comic opera.
39LYTE, Henry Francis. 1793-1847. Curate Lower Brixham, Devon.
40Wrote "Abide with me," and other popular hymns.
42LYTTLETON, Claude. Pen-name of W. H. P. Jones (q.v.).
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