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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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1First German pf. maker—G. Silbermann.
2First German Singspiel. (See Opera.)
3First German to employ popular themes in opera—Keiser.
4"First great composers for the harpsichord"—Byrd and Couperin.
5First harpsichord sonata—Kuhnau, 1695.
6First Hungarian national opera. (See Opera.)
7First music printing by stereotype process—B. F. Reinhard.
8First opera—Peri's Euridice, 1600.
9First opera house—Venice, 1637.
10First oratorio—Rome, 1600. (See Oratorio.)
11First Protestant hymn-book—1524. (See Walther.)
12First English Psalter with melody in the treble—Playford, 1654.
13First published vocal score—Rore's chromatic madrigals, 1575.
14First Russian national opera. (See Opera.)
15First tremolo for strings—Monteverde.
16First University musical degree on record—H. Abyngdon, 1463.
17First use of f, p, tr, << > (See Mazzocchi.)
18First use of the unprepared dominant 7th. (See Mouton.)
19First use of three staves for pf. playing. (See F. G. Pollini.)
20" Forerunner of Bach"—H. Schütz.
21" Forerunner of Palestrina"—Gombert.
22Founder of French grand opera—Lully. (See also Cambert.)
23Founder of French Opera-bouffe—Duni.
24Founder of German Romantic opera—Weber.
25" Founder of modern pf. technique"—D. Scarlatti.
26" Founder of modern violin technique"—Corelli.
27Founder of the Neapolitan School—A. Scarlatti.
28" Founder of the Scandinavian school"—Gade.
29Founder of the Tonic Sol-fa system—Curwen (and Miss Glover).
30Founder of the Venetian School—Willaert.
31Founder of transcendental (or orchestral) pf. playing—Liszt.
32" French Stradivarius"—Lupot.
33" French Tartini"—Gaviniés.
34" From Bach to Offenbach." (See Offenbach.)
35Fugue in 64 parts. (See P. Raimondi.)
36" Golden age of Counterpoint"—1540-1600.
37Greatest composer of the Netherland school—Lassus.
38"Greatest contralto of the 19th century"—Alboni.
39Greatest English composer—H. Purcell.
40Greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece—Pindar.
41Greatest oboist of the 18th century—L. A. Lebrun.
42Greatest poet of the Greek church—Johannes Damascenus.
43Greatest Portuguese composer—Portogallo.
44Greatest vocal compass on record—Agujari.
45Handel's chief rival—Bononcini.
46" Hannibal of octaves"—Tedesco.
47" Hercules of singing"—J. E. Lavigne.
48Highest recorded voice—Agujari.
49" Incarnation of the soul of the piano"—Chopin.
50Inventor of an apparatus for tuning pianos—Delsarte.
51Inventor of canon—Dufay.
52Inventor of harmonic organ stops—Cavaillé-Coll.
53Inventor of harp pedals—M. C. Oginski.
54Inventor of movable types for music printing—Petrucci.
55Inventor of organ pedals—Bernhardi.
56Inventor of the ballet-pantomime—Noverre.
57Inventor of the Chiroplast—Logier.
58Inventor of the claviharpe—Dietz (1814).
59Inventor of the double-action harp—Erard.
60Inventor of the first upright pianoforte—Del Mela (1730).
61Inventor of the harmonium—Debain (1840).
62Inventor of the hexachord system—Guido.
63Inventor of the laryngoscope—M. Garcia.
64Inventor of the melodeon—Dietz (1805).
65Inventor of the (modern form of the) clarinet—J. C. Denner (abt. 1700).
66Inventor of the organ wind-gauge—Förner.
67Inventor of the pf. "hammer-action"—Cristofori.
68Inventor of the pneumatic lever (organ)—C. S. Barker.
69Inventor of the Serpentcleide—T. M. Glen.
70Inventor of the Staff time table—Franco of Cologne.
71Inventor of the symphonic poem—Liszt.
72Inventor of valves for brass instruments—Claggett, 1790.
73" Irish Handel"—O'Carolan.
74" Italian Gluck"—Jommelli (or Sacchini).
75" Italian Orpheus"—Crescentini.
76" King of instruments"—the organ.
77" King of Quadrilles"—Musard.
78" King of the orchestra"—the violin.
79" King of violin makers"—Stradivarius.
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