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A dictionary of musical terms, 1891
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1Del, della, delle, dello (I.) Of the, e.g.: sopra il soggetto della fuga seguente: on the subject of the fugue which follows.
2Délassement (F.) A light trifling entertainment.
3Deliberatamente } (I.) Deliberately.
4Deliberato
5Delicatamente } (I.) Delicately
6Delicato
7Délicatesse (F.) Delicacy of performance.
8Delicatezza, con (I.) With delicacy.
9Delicatissimamente (I.) With great delicacy.
10Delicatissimo (I.) Very delicately.
11Délié (F.) Delicate, light.
12Delirante (I.) Excited.
13Delirio, con (I.) With excitement, with frenzy.
14Delyn (W.) The harp.
15Démancher (F.) To cross hands, in pianoforte-playing. To shift, in violin-playing.
16Demande (F.) The subject, dux, or proposition of a fugue.
17Demi-bâton (F.) A semibreve rest.
18Demi-cadence (F.) A half-cadence, or the cadence on the dominant.
19Demi-jeu (F.) Half-power. Mezzo forte, applied to organ or harmonium playing.
20Demi-mesure } (F.) A minim rest.
21Demi-pause }
22Demi-quart de soupir (F.) A demi-semi-quaver rest.
23Demisemiquaver. A note of the value of one-fourth of a quaver ♩
24Demi-soupir (F.) A quaver rest.
25Demi-ton (F.) A semitone.
26Demoiselle (F.) A coupler in the organ.
27Denis d’or. An instrument having a finger-board like a piano and pedals like an organ, capable of producing a vast number of different qualities of sound. It was invented in 1762 by Procopius Divis, in Moravia.
28Derivative. (1) The actual or supposed root or generator, from the harmonics of which a chord is derived. (2) A chord derived from another, that is, in an inverted state. An inversion.
29Des (G.) D flat.
30Descant (L.) The addition of a part or parts to a tenor or subject. This art, the forerunner of modern counterpoint and harmony, grew out of the earlier system of organum or diaphony. Elaborate rules for descant are to be found in old treatises on music.
31Desdes or Deses (G.) D double flat.
32Dessin (F.) The design or plan of a composition.
33Dessus (F.) One of the old names for the treble or upper part in vocal music.
34Desto (I.) Sprightly.
35Destra (I.) The right; as destra mano. the right hand.
36Détaché (F.) Detached, or staccato notes.
37Determinato (I.) Resolutely, definitely.
38Détonnation (F.) False intonation.
39Détonner (F.) To sing out of tune: to sing harshly or coarsely.
40Detto (I.) The same; as, il detto voce, the same voice.
41Deutsche Flöte (G.) The German flute.
42Deutscher Bass (G.) An instrument of the viol kind, with five or six gut-strings, midway in size between a violoncello and a double-bass.
43Deuxième position (F.) (1) The second position or half-shift on the violin. (2) The second fret on a guitar.
44Development of a subject. The elaboration of a given theme according to the rules of art.
45Devoto } (I.) With devotion
46Devozione, con } affection.
47Dextra (L.) The right, e.g.: dextra manu, the right hand.
48Dextræ tibiæ (L.) Pipes held in the right hand; generally, the shorter of the tibiæ impares. Hence, tibiæ dextræ seems to imply a pair of treble pipes; tibiæ siiviut a pair of lower-toned or bass pipes. [Aulos.] one of two readings
49Dextræ tibiæ (L.) Pipes held in the right hand; generally, the shorter of the tibiæ impares. Hence, tibiæ dextræ seems to imply a pair of treble pipes; tibiæ siiviæ a pair of lower-toned or bass pipes. [Aulos.] one of two readings
50Di (I.) By, as, of, for, with. Di grado, by degrees; stromenti di fiato, wind instruments; di chiesa, for the Church; di bravura, with bravura passages; di sopra, as above.
51—— colpo (I.) Suddenly, at once. one of two readings
52— colpo (I.) Suddenly, at once. one of two readings
53—— gala (I.) Merrily, cheerfully. one of two readings
54— gala (I.) Merrily, cheerfully. one of two readings
55—— grado (I.) By conjunct intervals. one of two readings
56— grado (I.) By conjunct intervals. one of two readings
57—— molto (I.) Very much; as, allegro di molto, very fast. one of two readings
58— molto (I.) Very much; as, allegro di molto, very fast. one of two readings
59—— nuovo (I.) Anew, again. one of two readings
60— nuovo (I.) Anew, again. one of two readings
61—— salto (I.) By a leap, spoken of melody, progressing by skips. one of two readings
62— salto (I.) By a leap, spoken of melody, progressing by skips. one of two readings
63Diagonal bellows. An old form of organ-bellows of diagonal shape.
64Dialogue. A duet.
65Diana (I.) } An aubade; hunt’s up
66Diane (F.) }
67Diapason (Gk.) (1) An octave. (2) The most important foundation stops of an organ, termed in other countries more properly Principal. (3) Fixed pitch; normal diapason, a recognised standard of pitch.
68—— cum diapente. The interval of a 12th. one of two readings
69— cum diapente. The interval of a 12th. one of two readings
70—— cum diatessaron. The interval of an 11th. one of two readings
71— cum diatessaron. The interval of an 11th. one of two readings
72Diapente (Gk.) The interval of a 5th.
73Diapentissare (med. L.) To descant at the interval of a 5th.
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