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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1"King of instruments"—the organ.
2"King of Quadrilles"—Musard.
3"King of the orchestra"—the violin.
4"King of violin makers"—Stradivarius.
5"Kist o' whistles"—the organ.
6Largest organ in the world. (See Organ.)
7"l'Alexandre des violons"—Boucher.
8"Last of the classic composers"—Brahms.
9"Leader of the German Romanticists"—Schumann.
10"Maid of Bath"—E. A. Linley.
11"Meyerbeer, the modern"—F. Schrecker.
12"Molière of Music"—Grétry.
13Most wonderful musical memory on record—C. J. Stanley.
14"Musical small-coal man"—Britton.
15"Musician's daily bread"—the scale of C major. Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues.
16"Music personified"—Mozart.
17"Northern Strauss"—Lumbye.
18Notable quotation—"Mozart's music brings heaven down to earth; Beethoven's lifts earth to heaven."
19Oldest existing flute. (See Egyptian Music.)
20Oldest known bowed string instrument—Ravanastron.
21Oldest known free reed instrument—Chinese Cheng (or Tscheng).
22"Orchestra of the home"—the pianoforte.
23"Originator of modern pf. playing"—Clementi. (See also D. Scarlatti.)
24Originator of the German Singspiel—J. A. Hüller.
25Originator of the concert overture—Mendelssohn.
26Originator of the overture—Lully.
27"Paganini of the clarinet"—Cavallini.
28"Paganini of the contra-basso"—Dragonetti.
29"Paganini of the pianoforte"—A. Fumagalli.
30"Palestrina of the 18th century"—Pisari.
31Perfecter of the Aria da capo—A. Scarlatti.
32Pioneer Russian national composer—Glinka.
33"Precursor of Berlioz"—Lesueur.
34Primitive type of the clarinet—Egyptian Arghool.
35"Prince of composers"—Beethoven.
36"Prince of counterpoint and fugue"—J. S. Bach.
37"Prince of Italian conductors"—Mariani.
38"Prince of song composers"—Schubert.
39"Prince of violinists"—Paganini.
40Probable composer of the "Old Hundredth"—Franc.
41Probable inventor of the Aria da capo—B. Ferrari.
42Propounder of fundamental bass theories—Rameau.
43"Queen of Oratorio"—Jenny Lind.
44Reputed first Greek writer on musical theory—Lasus.
45Reputed inventor of engraving on tin plates—J. Cluer.
46Reputed inventor of organ pedals—Bernhard der Deutsche.
47Reputed inventor of the tuning-fork—John Shore.
48Root theories propounded by Rameau (q.v.).
49"Saviour of church music"—Palestrina.
50"Schubert of the North"—Lindblad.
51"Sebastian Bach of the 15th century"—Ockenheim.
52"Shakespeare of music"—Mozart.
53So-called "inventor of the staff"—Guido.
54"Song of the Three Children"—Benedicite Omnia Opera.
55"Spanish Bach"—Cabezon.
56"Swan of Pesaro"—Rossini.
57"Swedish nightingale"—Jenny Lind.
58"The divine Saxon"—J. A. Hasse.
59"The Messiah of Germany"—Graun's Der Tod Jesu.
60"The Tenth Muse"—Sappho.
61"Waltz king"—Johann Strauss, junr.
62"Welsh nightingale"—Edith Wynne.
63Writer of the first recitative—Caccini.
64"Zarlino of the East"—Safieddin.
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