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A dictionary of musical terms, 1889
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1Ashantee Trumpet. An instrument formed of the tusk of an elephant carefully hollowed. Its peculiarity consists in the fact that the embouchure is not at the end, but in the side, a short distance from it.
3As moll (Ger.) The key of A flat minor.
4Asor. [Azor.]
5Asosra (Heb.) [Chatzozerah.]
6Ascaules (Gk.) ἀσκαύλης, a player on the ascaulos.
7Ascaulos (Gk.) ἀσκαυλος, a bagpipe, from ἀσκός, a leathern bag, and ἀυλός, a pipe. [Bagpipe.]
8Aspiration (Fr.) (1) The sign ' for shortening the duration of a note. [Spiccato.]
10(2) A former name for an appoggiatura.
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13Aspirare (It.) To take breath audibly, bad management of the breath in singing.
14Asprezza (It.) Harshness, severity.
15Assai (It.) Very. Allegro assai, very fast.
16Assemblage (Fr.) (1) A series of rapid passages executed on wind instruments. (2) Double tongueing on the flute or cornet.
17Assez (Fr.) Enough, very; as, assez lent, rather slow.
18Assonance. Agreement of tone, consonance.
19A string. [A §7.]
20A suo arbitrio (It.) At one's pleasure or judgment.
21A suo comodo (It.) At one's leisure.
22A suo bene placito (It.) At one's pleasure.
23A suo luogo (It.) At one's position or place.
24Atabal. A Moorish tambour.
25A table sec (Fr.) The performance of vocal exercises without the accompaniment of an instrument. Sec. lit. dry, cf. Lat. assa vox, an unaccompanied voice, and assae tibiae, flutes used without a voice accompaniment.
26A tempo (It.) In time. [A battuta.]
27A tempo comodo (It.) In a convenient, easy, moderate time.
28A tempo di Gavotta (It.) In the time of the Gavotte, q.v.
29A tempo di Minuetto (It.) In the time of the Minuet, q.v.
30A tempo giusto (It.) At a just pace. (1) In general, an indication that the movement should be taken at a moderate tempo. (2) A direction (in older writers) to return to strict time after irregular declamation.
31A tempo ordinario (It.) At an ordinary pace.
33A tempo primo (It.) In the time first given.
34A tempo rubato (It.) Robbed time; time made slightly irregular for the sake of expression.
35A tre (It.) For three voices, instruments, or parts.
36A tre mani (It.) For three hands upon an organ or pianoforte.
37A tre parti (It.) For three parts.
38A tre soli (It.) For three principals, either vocal or instrumental performers.
39A tre stromente (It.) For three instruments.
40A tre voci (It.) For three voices, or parts.
41Attacca (It.) Commence at once, without a pause.
42Attacca subito (It.) [Attacca.]
43Attaccato subito (It.) To be begun at once. Go on.
44Attack. (1) A vigorous entry of voices or instruments at a leading point. (2) A courageous rendering.
45Attacco (It.) (Lit. sticking, cleaving to.) A term given to a short and well-defined theme, or passage, in fugal imitation.
47Attendant Keys. Relative keys, keys of affinity. Attendant keys in a scale are the relative minor or major, the dominant and subdominant, and their relative minors or majors. [Relative Key.]
48Atto [It.] An act in an opera. [Act.]
49Attore or Attrice (It). An actor or actress, the chief singers in an opera.
50Aubade (Fr.) (1) An open air morning concert, the antithesis of a serenade. (2) The word is derived from aube, day-break, and was similar in character to the English "Hunts up" (q.v.) Sometimes unmusical noises were made for an aubade, and so the word came to be employed as a term for an insult. The Aubades de Calène occupied in France the position of the Waits (q.v.) in England, as they were performed in the evening for a month or so before Christmas. Although doubtless of religious origin, the performers gradually introduced secular melodies. The players, like the Waits, were officially licensed. The word Calène is a French provincial form of the word Calendes, Christmas Day being formerly called "le jour des Calendes."
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