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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1Consort. (1) A consort of viols was a complete set, the number contained in a chest, usually six. [Chest of viols.]
2—— (1) To sound together, to form agreeable sounds by combination. (2) To form a concord.
3Con stromenti (I.) With the instruments.
4Continuato (I.) Sustained, held down.
5Continued bass. }
6Continuo (I.) } [Basso continuo.]
7Conteurs (F.) } [Troubadours.]
8Contours. }
9Contra (I.) Against. In compound words this signifies an octave below; e.g.: Contra-gamba, a 16-ft. gamba; Contra-basso, a double-bass; Contra-fagotto, a double bassoon.
10Contra-bassist. A double-bass player.
11Contra-basso (I.) [Double-bass.]
12Contra-danza (I.) [Country-dance.]
13Contra-fagotto (I.) [Double-bassoon.]
14Contralto voice. The voice of deepest tone in females. It is of a quality allied to the tenor voice in men, and the usual compass is within two octaves.
15Contraposaune. An organ-stop of 16-ft. and 32-ft. pitch.
16Contrappuntista (I.) A writer on, or a composer of counterpoint.
17Contrappunto (I.) [Counterpoint.]
18—— alla mente (I.) Impromptu counterpoint. [Alla mente.]
19—— doppio (I.) Double counterpoint.
20Contrapunkt (G.) Counterpoint.
21Contrapuntal. Belonging to counterpoint.
22Contrapuntist. A writer on, or a composer of counterpoint.
23Contr’arco (I.) False or incorrect bowing on the violin, &c.
24Contrary motion. Melodies or chords proceeding in opposite directions.
25Contrassoggetto (I.) [Counter-subject.]
26Contra tempo (I.) Against time. (1) The part progressing slowly while another is moving rapidly. (2) Syncopation.
27Contra-tenor. [Alto.]
28Contratöne (G.) Deep tones of the bass voice.
29Contraviolone (I.) Double-bass.
30Contrebasse (F.) Double-bass.
31Contredanse (F.) [Country dance.]
32Contrepartie (F.) Counterpart, opposite. The entry of a second voice with a different melody, making harmony with the first.
33Contrepoint (F.) Counterpoint.
34Contrepointiste (F.) Contrapuntist.
35Contresujet (F.) [Counter-subject.]
36Contretemps (F.) Against time. Syncopation.
37Conversio (L.) Inversion.
38Coperto (I.) Covered, concealed. Timpani coperti, muffled drums; quinti coperti, concealed fifths, hidden fifths.
39Copophone. [Musical glasses.]
40Copula (L.) (1) In mediæval music a free use of slurred running notes in descant. (2) In organs the mechanism by which one manual can be attached to another or to the pedals.
41Copyright. The exclusive right or privilege of printing or reprinting, copying, publishing or selling his original work which is allowed by the law to an author.
42Cor (F.) A horn.
43—— anglais (F.) English horn. A reed instrument of the hautboy character, possessing a compass of like extent but of lower pitch. Its scale is two octaves and a fifth from tenor E with the intermediate semitones.
44—— de chasse (F.) A hunting-horn
45—— de vaches (F.) Cow-horn, used in many places to call the cattle home.
46—— omnitonique (F.) A horn on which, by the use of valves, a chromatic scale can be played.
47Corale (I.) Choral, hymn or psalm tune.
48Coranach } (Gc.) A funeral song among the Scotch Highlanders.
49Coranich } [Keeners.]
50Coronach }
51Cronach }
52Coranto (I.) (1) An Italian form of the country dance. A running dance. (2) A movement in a suite or sonata of the early writers.
53Corda (I.) A string; sopra una corda, upon one string.
54Cordatura (I.) [Accordatura.]
55Corde (F.) A string; une corde, one string.
56Corde à boyau (F.) Catgut; violin or harp strings, &c.
57Corde à jour } (F.) An open string.
58Corde à vide }
59Corde fausse (F.) A false or bad string.
60Cor de signal (F.) A bugle.
61Cordiale (I.) Sincerely, heartily; with cordiality.
62Corifeo (I.) [Coryphæus (I.).]
63Cormuse. }
64Cornamusa (I.) } [Bagpipe.]
65Cornemuse (F.) }
66Cornare (I.) To sound a horn.
67Cornet. (1) An obsolete reed wind instrument not unlike a hautboy, but larger and of a coarser quality of tone. It was of three kinds, treble, tenor, and bass, and its outline was gently curved, hence the Italian name cornetto curvo. (2) A reed stop on the pedals of some German organs, of 4 or 2 feet in length. (3) Mounted cornet. A solo stop on old organs. (4) Echo cornet. A stop often found in swell organs. (5) A cornet-à-pistons.
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