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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1Quarte (F.)
2Quar'te (G.) The interval of a 4th.
4Quarte augmentée (F.). An augmented 4th.
5Quarte de nazard (F.). An org. stop a 4th above the nazard (or 12th).
6Quarte diminuée (F.). A diminished 4th.
7Quarte du ton (F.). The subdominant.
8Quar'tenfolgen (G.). Consecutive or parallel 4ths.
9Quar'tenparallelen (G.). Consecutive or parallel 4ths.
10Quart'fagott (G.). A bassoon a 4th higher than the ordinary one.
11Quart'flöte (G.). A flute a 4th higher than the ordinary one.
12Quart'geige (G.). A small fiddle.
13Quart'posaune (G.). A trombone (or organ stop) a 4th lower than usual.
14Ü'bermässige Quar'te (G.). Augmented 4th.
15Vermin'derte Quar'te (G.). Diminished 4th.
17Quarter-note. (G., Vier'telnote, Vier'tel; F., Noire; I., Ne'ra.) A crotchet (♩).
18Quarter-rest. A crotchet rest (♩ or ♭).
20Quarter-tone. An interval equal to half a semitone. (Vide Enharmonic diesis.)
21There 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 D♭, &c.).
23Quartet' (E.).
24Quartett' (G.)
25Quartette (F.)
26Quatuor (F.)
27Quartet'to (I.)
28Double quartet. A piece for 8 solo voices or insts.
29Pianoforte (or pf.) quartet. A composition for pf. and 3 other insts. (generally strings).
30Quartetti'no (I.). A short quartet.
31String quartet. A quartet for 1st and 2nd vns., viola, and 'cello.
32Wind quartet. A piece for 4 wind insts.
33N.B.—In German full scores Quartett', (or Quart.) means "all the strings of the orchestra." i.e., the "string band."
34Vocal Quartets are not written in any special form. Nearly all classical instrumental quartets are in "Sonata Form." (See Sonata.)
36Quarti'no (I.). A high clarinet in Eb.
38Quar'to (I.). (1) A fourth. (2) A crotchet.
39Quar'to d'aspet'to. A semiquaver rest (♩).
40Quar'to di tuo'no. A quarter tone.
42Quarto'le (G.). A quadruplet (q.v.).
44Quartsext'akkord (G.). A six-four chord; a second inversion.
46Qua'si (I.). As if; almost; like; in the style of.
47Andan'te qua'si len'to. Andante, almost lento; i.e., a slow Andante.
48Qua'si ad lib. As if ad lib.; almost at pleasure.
49Quasi allegret'to. Somewhat allegretto; rather quick.
50Qua'si caden'za. In the style of a cadenza; ad lib.
51Quasi chitar'ra. Imitating a guitar.
52Qua'si fantasi'a. In the style of a fantasia. (1) Not in strict form. (2) Somewhat ad lib. in performance.
53Quasi lonta'na. As if in the distance.
54Qua'si nien'te. "As if nothing;" as soft as possible.
55Qua'si parla'to. As if spoken.
56Qua'si recitati'vo. In the style of a recitative.
57Qua'si son'a'ta. Somewhat in sonata form, but not strictly so.
58Qua'si trom'be. "Like trumpets;" bright, clear, ringing.
60Quatorzième (F.). The interval of a 14th.
62Quat'raine. A poetical stanza of 4 lines rhyming alternately.
64Quatre (F.). Four.
65A quatre mains. For 4 hands (as a pf. piece).
67Quat'rible. In old descant, singing in 4ths with the Plainsong.
69Quatricin'ium (L.). (See Quadricinium.)
71Quattricro'ma (I.). A hemidemisemiquaver.
73Quat'tro (I.). Four.
74A quat'tro ma'ni. For 4 hands.
76Quatuor (F.). (See Quartet.)
78Quatuor d'archet (F.). String quartet.
80Qua'ver. (G., Acht'elnote; F., Croche; I., Cro'ma.) An eighth-note (♩).
81In old printed music the flag or crook of the quaver was often on the left-hand side: (♩).
82In some Tudor MSS. the crotchets and quavers are alike in shape (a lozenge head with a stem), but the quavers are in red ink to indicate that they are half the time-value of the similarly-shaped black notes.
84Quaver rest. The sign 7.
85N.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.)
87Let us go to the woods with song, and
89Quavering. "The act of trilling or shaking, or running a division with the voice."
90—Grassineau.
92Que'do (S.). Quiet(ly); gently; in a low voice.
94Queer (Scotch). Choir.
96QUEIS'SER, Carl T. Great trombone player; b. nr. Leipzig, 1800; d. 1846. He is said to have "created" trombone playing.
97"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.
99Quel'lenlexikon (G.). (See Eitner.)
101Quelques (F.). Some; a few.
102Tous les jeux d'anches et quelques jeux de fonds. All the reeds and some of the foundation stops.
104Quer (G.). Oblique, transverse, queer.
105Quer'flöte. The (ordinary) transverse flute. (See Flute.)
106Quer'pfeife. The ordinary transverse fife.
107Quer'stand. False relation.
108Quer'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:
109(2) A leger-line.
111QUERCU, Simon de. B. Brabant.
112Pub., 1509, "Opusculum Musices" (a work on Gregorian music).
114Querister. Old spelling of "choirister," or "chorister."
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