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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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3C. (1) The note Ut in the Guidonian system and in modern French and Italian nomenclature. (2) The letter whose original form was afterwards modified into the C clef. (3) The first, or key-note, of the modern normal scale. (4) A capital letter C signifies the note in the second space of the bass stave (Tenor C). A small c signifies the note one octave above this, middle C.
4C barré (F.) The term for the time indicator, C, with a dash through it, Ç.
5C clef. The clef showing the position of middle C, in which are written the alto, tenor, and (in old music) other parts:—
6Soprano Clef. Mezzo-Soprano Clef. Alto Clef. Tenor Clef.
7C dur (G.) C major.
8C moll (G.) C minor.
9C Schlüssel (G.) The C clef.
10Cabaletta (I.) A simple, pleasing, short melody.
11Cabaletta (S.) A melody in rondo form, at first sung simply, afterwards with variations.
12Cabinet d’orgue (F.) Organ case.
13— pianoforte. An old-fashioned upright pianoforte, about six feet high.
14Cabischol. } The precentor in a choir.
15Cabiscola. }
16Caccia (I.) Hunting. Music accompanied by horns, or in praise of field sports, is said to be alla caccia, in the hunting style.
17Cachucha (S.) A Spanish dance. [Bolero.]
18Cacofonia (I.)
19Cacophonie (F.)
20Cacophony. } Harsh-sounding music.
21Cadence. (1) A vocal or instrumental shake or trill, run or division, introduced as an ending, or as a means of return to the first subject. (2) The end of a phrase. (3) There are four principal forms of cadence in harmony, the whole or authentic, the half, the interrupted, and the plagal cadence. When the last chord—the major or minor chord of the key-note—is preceded by the major chord of the dominant, such cadence is called whole or perfect. The cadence called plagal is that in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by the major or minor chord of the subdominant. If the last chord is the dominant and is preceded by the chord of the tonic, the cadence is called half or imperfect. When the last chord of the phrase is other than the tonic chord and is preceded by that of the dominant, the cadence is said to be interrupted, false, or deceptive.
22Cadence imparfaite (F.) An imperfect cadence.
23— parfaite (F.) A perfect cadence.
24— perlée (F.) A brilliant cadence.
25— rompue (F.) A broken or interrupted cadence.
26Cadenz (G.) [Cadence.]
27Cadenza (I.) (1) A passage introduced towards the close of the first or last movement of a concerto. (2) A running passage at the end of a vocal piece.
28— d’inganno (I.) A deceptive cadence.
29— fioritura (I.) An ornamental cadence.
30— sfuggita (I.) An interrupted or broken cadence.
31— sospesa (I.) A suspended cadence.
32Caisse (F.) A drum.
33— roulante (F.) Tenor drum, larger than a snare-drum.
34Caisses claires (F.) Snare-drums.
35Calamaulis (Gk.) A player on reed-pipes.
36Calamaulos (Gk.) A flute made of reed.
37Calamus (Gk.) A reed-flute, probably like our oaten-pipe.
38Ça ira (F.) “That will do.” The refrain of a song popular during the Revolution in France in 1793.
39Calando (I.) With decreasing volume of tone and slackening pace.
40Calandrone (I.) A small reed instrument of the clarinet character, with two holes, used by the Italian peasantry.
41Calascione (I.) [Colascione.]
42Calata (I.) An Italian dance in 2/4 time, of a sprightly character.
43Calcando (I.) Hurrying, pressing the time.
44Calcant (G.) Treading. The bellows-treader (Bälgetreter) of the old German organs.
45Calcantenglocke (G.) Bells sounded by means of pedals.
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