Books › A dictionary of musical terms, 1889 › scan 132
Scan 132
A dictionary of musical terms, 1889
51 lines. Read by computer on 12 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Cremorne (Fr.) [Krummhorn.]
2Crepitaculum or Crepundia (Lat.) An ancient instrument of a character like the castanets, but with sound produced more by friction than striking. [Castanets, Bones, Knicky-knackers.]
4Crescendo (It.) Increasing, a gradual increase in the force of sound expressed by the sign ——, or the abbreviation cres. The sign was first employed in England by Matthew Locke, in 1676.
6Crescendo Zug (Ger.) The swell box in the organ. [Organ.]
8Creticus (Lat.) A metrical foot consisting of one short syllable between two long ——
10Croche (Fr.) A quaver ♪, the hooked note. [Nomenclature.]
12Croma (It.) A quaver ♪.
14Cromatico (It.) Chromatic; as, fuga cromatica, a chromatic fugue; fantasia cromatica, a chromatic fantasia, &c.
16Crom horn. [Krummhorn.]
18Crooks. Short tubes, either straight or curved, adapted for insertion between the mouthpiece and the body of the horn, trumpet, or cornet-à-pistons, for the purpose of altering the key. [Metal wind instruments.]
20Crotalum (Lat.) κρόταλον (Gk.) A rattle, or clapper, used sometimes to mark the rhythm of dancing, in the worship of Cybele. They were generally made of wood, having a loose piece hinged about midway, so that, when shaken in the hand a clattering noise was produced, called by the Greeks πλαταγή.
22Instruments of this kind were in use among the ancient Egyptians, as the following illustration shows:
24Crotchet. A note one-fourth of the value of a semibreve. [Nomenclature.]
26Croupeza, κρούπεζα, κρούπαζα, κρούπανα, κρούπετα (Gk. from κρούω, to knock, strike). High wooden shoes worn by flute-players or others, with which the time was marked by striking with the foot; c.f. Lat. scrupedæ, women who wore high-heeled boots.
28Crowd, Crwth. An ancient instrument, like a violin, with six strings, four of which were played upon by a bow, and the other two played, or plucked with the thumb, as an accompaniment. The neck had a hole, through which the player thrust his hand, so that he could only command the notes lying under his fingers. [Violin.]
30Crowle. An early form of the word corolla (Lat.) a crowd, q.v.
32C Schlüssel (Ger.) The C clef.
34Cum sancto (Lat.) A portion of the Gloria in the mass. [Mass.]
36Cue. A catch word or phrase. The last notes or words of other parts inserted as a guide to singers or players who have to make an entry after rests:
38TENOR.
40upright on an heap. And the depths were con –
42Cupo (It.) Darkly, mysteriously.
44Currende (Ger.) Children carol-singers.
46Cushion-dance. An old English round dance, in which each woman selected her partner by placing a cushion before him. Taylor, the Water Poet, calls it a "pretty little provocative dance," for that reason. There was a dialogue carried on, according to the description given in the "Dancing Master" of 1686; and the note appended to the same description points—perhaps unwittingly—to the probable origin of the dance: "Note. The women are kissed by all the men in the ring at their coming and going out, and likewise the men by all the women." Therefore, it is not at all unlikely that the Cushion-dance was the "Kissing dance." One of the tunes to which it was danced is subjoined, and another melody is printed in Mr. Chappell's "Popular Music," where it is shown that the dance was also called a Galliard. [Cotillon.] [Country Dance.]
48CUSHION DANCE.
50Custos (Lat.) (1) The chief of a college of minor canons. (2) A direct, the sign ∫ or √, placed at the end of a line or page to show
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.