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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1Call. (1) A military term for the notes played on a trumpet or bugle, or a beat upon the drum, each call being the signal for a definite duty. (2) A toy instrument made by winding a narrow tape round two small oblong pieces of tin, so that one fold of the tape may be set in vibration when blown through.
2Calma, con (I.) With calmness.
3Calmato (I.) Calmed, quieted, appeased.
4Calore, con (I.) With heat, warmth.
5Caloroso (I.) Warmly, full of passionate feeling.
6Cambiare (I.) To turn, change, alter.
7Cambiata (I.) [Nota.]
8Camera, musica di (I.) [Chamber music.]
9Camminando (I.) Walking, flowing, andante.
10Campana (I.) A bell.
11Campane (F.) A bell.
12Campanella (I.) A small bell.
13Campanellino (I.) A very small bell.
14Campanetta (I.) A set of bells tuned to a scale, and played with hammers or keys. [Glockenspiel.]
15Campanista (I.) A bellringer.
16Campanology. The knowledge of the construction and use of bells.
17Canaries. A dance probably of English invention. The melody was a lively air of two phrases.
18Cancrizans. [Canon cancrizans.]
19Canon. (1) A rule; a term applied to the measurement of the ratios of intervals by means of the monochord, hence the system of Pythagoras was called the canon of Pythagoras. (2) A composition in which the music sung by one part is, after a short rest, sung by another part note for note.
20— cancrizans. A canon by retrogression; a canon so constructed that it may be read backwards.
21Canone al sospiro (I.) A canon, the subject of which is answered at the half-beat.
22— aperto (I.) A canon written out in full.
23— chiuso (I.) A close canon; one written in riddle form.
24— infinito or perpetuo (I.) Never-ending canon; infinite canon.
25— sciolto (I.) A free canon, not strict.
26Canonici. A name given to followers of the Pythagorean system of music.
27Canonik (G.) The science of calculating musical intervals.
28Cantabile (I.) In a singing style.
29Cantadour (old F.) A street singer; a Cantambanco (I.) mountebank.
30Cantamento (I.) The air or melody of a phrase.
31Cantando (I.) [Cantabile.]
32Cantante (I.) A singer.
33Cantare di manierata (I.) To sing in a Cantare di maniera florid or ornamental style.
34Cantare (I.) To sing.
35— a aria (I.) To sing with a certain amount of improvisation. [Penillion singing.]
36— a orecchio (I.) To sing by ear.
37Cantata (I.) A cantata consisted originally of a mixture of recitative and melody, and was given to a single voice, but it is now understood as a short work in the musical form of an oratorio.
38Cantate (F. and G.) [Cantata.]
39Cantatilla (I.) The diminutive of cantata.
40Cantatille (F.) The diminutive of cantata.
41Cantatina (I.) The diminutive of cantata.
42Cantatore (I.) A male singer.
43Cantatorium (L.) A music-book.
44Cantatrice (I.) A female singer.
45Cantellerando (I.) Singing in a subdued voice, trilling.
46Canti carnavalesci (I.) Songs sung during the carnival.
47Canti carnavali (I.) Another name for the Laudi spirituali, or songs sung in the old Romish Church.
48Canticle. A song or hymn in honour of God, or of some special sacred event.
49Cantico (I.) Canticle.
50Cantilena (I.) An oft-repeated, old song; a ballad.
51Cantilenaccia (I.) Bad singing.
52Cantilenare (I.) To sing without accompaniment.
53Cantillatio (L.) Declamation in a singing style.
54Cantino (I.) The smallest string upon the violin; the E string.
55Cantique (F.) A sacred song or melody; a canticle.
56Canto (I.) The upper voice-part in concerted music, so called because it has the melody or air.
57— a cappella (I.) Sacred music; cantore di cappella, the precentor.
58— armonico (I.) A part-song.
59— cromatico (I.) A scale or song in chromatic style.
60— fermo (I.) [Cantus firmus.]
61— figurato (I.) Florid melody, or melody varied. [Cantus figuratus.]
62— Gregoriano (I.) Gregorian chant.
63— plano (I.) Plain-chant.
64— primo (I.) First soprano.
65— recitativo (I.) Declamatory singing; recitative.
66— ripieno (I.) Additional soprano chorus-parts. [Ripieno.]
67— secondo (I.) Second soprano.
68Cantollano (S.) Plain-chant.
69Cantor. [Precentor.]
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