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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1to exhibit the capacity of the singer or player.
2Allegro di molto (I.) Exceedingly quick.
3Allegro furioso (I.) Rapidly and with fury.
4Allegro giusto (I.) In quick but steady time.
5Allegro ma graziosa (I.) Lively and with graceful motion.
6Allegro ma non presto (I.) Rapidly, but not too fast.
7Allegro ma non tanto (I.) Quickly, but not too much so.
8Allegro ma non troppo (I.) Lively, but not too fast.
9Allegro moderato (I.) Moderately quick.
10Allegro molto (I.) Very quick.
11Allegro risoluto (I.) Lively and with firmness and decision.
12Allegro veloce (I.) Lively and with speed.
13Allegro vivace (I.) Lively and brisk.
14Allegro vivo (I.) Quick and lively.
15Allein (G.) Alone; as Sanfte Stimmen allein, soft stops only.
16Alleluia. L. for Hallelujah (H.), Praise ye the Lord.
17Allemande (F.) Alemain, Allemaigne, Almain. A dance in duple time. Scarlatti, Corelli, Bach, Handel. and others, incorporated the measure of this dance in their Suites, Sonatas, and Lessons, in which it was written in common time of four crotchets in a bar.
18Allentamento (I.) Yielding, slackening the time, giving way.
19Allentato (I.) Gradually slackening the time.
20Allmählig (G.) Gradually, by degrees; poco a poco.
21All' improvvisa (I.) Without preparation, extemporaneously.
22Al loco (I.) Literally, In the place. (1) A term which is used to counter-order a previous direction to play an octave higher or lower. (2.) A direction to a violinist to return from a shift to his previous position.
23Allonger l'archet (F.) To prolong the stroke of the bow.
24All' ottava (I.) At the octave, a direction to play an octave higher, or lower, than is written.
25All' unisono (I.) In unison or octaves.
26Alphorn. Alpine horn. A long tube of fir-wood played by the herdsmen of the Alps.
27Al piacere (I.) At pleasure.
28Al rigore del tempo (I.) In strict time.
29Al di tempo (I.) By contrary motion,
30Al riverso (I.) that is, answering an ascending interval by one descending a like distance.
31Al segno (I.) To the sign. Dal segno (I.) from the sign. Directions that the performer must return to that portion of the piece marked with the sign and conclude with the first double bar which follows, or go on to the word Fine, or to the pause.
32Alt (G.) Alto voice, part, or instrument.
33Alt (I.) The notes in the octave beginning with G above the treble stave, are said to be in alt.
34Alta (I.) High or higher; as, 8va alta, an octave higher.
35Alterata (L.) A name given to those scales into which notes were introduced foreign to the old Church modes.
36Alteratio (L.) In mediæval music the doubling of the value of a note.
37Alterato (I.) Altered, augmented (with reference to intervals).
38Altéré (F.) (I.) Changing by turns.
39Alternamente (I.) To choose one of two ways of performing a passage.
40Alternando (I.) To choose one of two ways of performing a passage.
41Alternativo (I.) To choose one of two ways of performing a passage.
42Altgeige (G.) The tenor violin, the viola.
43Altieramente (I.) Proudly, grandly, haughtily.
44Altisono (I.) Sonorous, ringing.
45Altissimo (I.) The highest. The notes in the octave beginning with G on the fourth leger line above the treble stave are said to be in altissimo.
46Altist. Altista (I.) A name formerly given to an alto singer.
47Altiste (F.) Alto-basso (I.) An ancient Venetian stringed instrument, a Hackbret, q.v.
48Alto clef. The C clef, placed upon the third line of the stave. The Alto clef is used for the tenor violin or viola and the alto trombone.
49— viola (I.) The tenor violin, called alto, tenor, or viola.
50— voice. The deepest tone of voice among women and boys, and the highest among men.
51Altposaune (G.) The alto trombone.
52Altra, fem. Altri, pl. Altro, mas. (I.) Other, another, others.
53Altschlüssel (G.) Alto clef.
54Altviole (G.) [Alto viola.]
55Altzeichen (G.) The alto clef.
56Alzamento di mano (I.) Raising the hand in conducting.
57Alzando (I.) Lifting up, raising, elevating.
58Amabile (I.) Lovely, gentle, tender.
59Amabilità, con (I.) With gentleness, tenderness.
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