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A cyclopaedic dictionary of music; comprising 18,000 musical terms and phrases, over 6,000 biographical notices of musicians, and 500 articles on musical topics, with an appendix .., 1919
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1Lustlied (G.). A gay, merry song.
3LÜSTNER, Ignas Peter. Violinist; b. nr. Jauer, 1792; d. 1873. Founded a School of Vn. Playing, Breslau, 1844. His five sons, Karl, Otto, Louis, Georg, and Richard, all became prominent musicians.
5L'ut de poitrine (F.). The high C "from the chest" (i.e., not in falsetto).
7Lute. (G., Lau'te; F., Luth; I., Liu'to.) A very ancient pear-shaped inst. of the guitar and mandoline family, with a neck and fretted fingerboard.
8The largest form was the Theorbo, Arch-lute, or Chittaro'ne, which sometimes had as many as 13 pairs of strings, played as in the guitar.
9Lute music was written in Tablature (q.v.).
10"The Lutes of Boulogne are esteemed the best, on account of the wood, which is said to have an uncommon disposition for producing a sweet sound."—Grassineau.
12Lutanist A lute player. (Also Lutist, Luter, Lutenist, Lutinist.)
13Luti'na. A small lute.
15Luth (F.). A lute.
17LUTHER, Martin. The great Church Reformer; b. Eisleben, 1483; d. 1546.
18Wrote or arranged the words of many of the finest of the German Chorals, and perhaps composed the music of about 13 of them. He was ably seconded by Johann Walther.
20Luthier (F.). A lute maker; a violin maker. For a list of the greatest makers of Lutherie, see Violin. one of two readings
21Luthier (F.). A lute maker; a violin maker. one of two readings
22For a list of the greatest makers of Lutherie, see Violin. one of two readings
24LÜTSCHG, Waldemar. Pianist; b. St. Petersburg, 1877.
26LUTTMAN, Willie. Org. scholar, Cambridge Univ., 1894-7; Mus. B. Cantab., 1903. Orgt. St. Albans Cath., 1907.
28Lut'to (I.). Grief, sorrow, mourning. one of two readings
29Lutto (I.). Grief, sorrow, mourning. one of two readings
30Lutt(u)osamen'te Sadly, mournfully, plaintively.
31Lutt(u)o'so
33LUTZ, Wm. Meyer. B. Männerstadt, Kissingen, 1829. Settled in England, 1848. Conductor Surrey Theatre (1851-55), Gaiety Theatre (1869). D. 1903.
34Works: operas and operettas, stage music, &c.
36LÜTZEL, Johann H. 1823-99.
37Organized the "Evangelischer Kirchenchor," Zweibrücken, 1854. (In 1880 it "had spread over the whole Palatinate.")
38Pub. a "Choralbuch" (1858), "Der Praktische Organist," school song-books, &c.
40LUX, Friedrich. Organist; b. Thuringia, 1820; d. 1895. Capellmeister, City Theatre, Mayence, 1851-77; condr. Oratorio Society, 1867-91.
41Works: 4 operas, orchestral and chamber music, organ pieces, pf. music, songs, &c.
43LUZZA'SCHI (LUZZA'SCO). Pupil of Rore; orgt. at Ferrara, 1580. Taught Frescobaldi.
45LUZ'ZI, Luigi. Italian composer; 1828-76. Wrote 3 operas, orch. music, pf. pieces, and several fine songs.
47LVOFF (or LWOFF), Alexis von. Composer of the first Russian National Anthem. B. Reval, 1799; d. 1870. Major-General and Adjutant to the Emperor Nicholas. Conductor, Court Choir, 1836-55.
48Works: operas, vn. music, Russian part-songs, an essay on "Old Russian Church Song," &c.
50LYALL, Jas. Durward (Durward Lely). Tenor vocalist; b. Arbroath, 1857.
52LYCETT, Joseph. Baritone vocalist; h. Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent, 1870.
54Lydian Mode. The Church mode beginning on F. (See Mode.)
56LYNE, Felice. Soprano; b. Kansas City, U.S., 1891.
58LYNES, Frank. Organist and conductor; b. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1858. Studied Leipzig Cons. (1883-5). Afterwards settled in Boston.
59Works: vn. and pf. pieces, pf. music, part-songs about 50 songs, &c.
61LYON, James. B. Manchester, 1872. Mus.D. Oxon, 1904.
62Works: 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.
64Ly'ra (Gk., L., and G.). A lyre (q.v.).
65Ly'ra dop'pia (I.). (See Lira doppia.)
66Ly'ra mendicor'um (L.). A hurdy-gurdy.
67Ly'ra-vi'ol. An English viol with frets added. (See also Lira.)
69Ly'ra. A lyre-shaped variety of Stahlspiel (q.v.) used in military bands.
71LY'RA, Justus W. Pastor; composer of German "Student Songs;" b. Osna-brück, 1822; d. 1882.
725 vols. of his extremely popular songs were published, 1896.
74Lyre. (G. and L., Ly'ra; F., Lyre, Lire; G., Lei'ev; I., Li'ra.) One of the most ancient of stringed instruments.
75It 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.)
77Lyr'iker (G.), Lyrique (F.), Lyr'isch (G.) Lyric, lyrical.
78Poetry 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.
79Lyric drama. Opera.
80Lyric opera. An opera in which the lyric elements predominate.
82LYS'BERG (or BOVY), Chas. Samuel. Pianist; b. Lysberg, nr. Geneva, 1821; d. 1873. Pupil of Chopin.
83Works: numerous favourite pf. pieces, and a comic opera.
85LYTE, Henry Francis. 1793-1847. Curate Lower Brixham, Devon.
86Wrote "Abide with me," and other popular hymns.
88LYTTLETON, Claude. Pen-name of W. H. P. Jones (q.v.).
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