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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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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. one of two readings
4Deliberatamente } (I.) Deliberately. one of two readings
5Deliberato (I.) Deliberately. one of two readings
6Deliberato one of two readings
7Delicatamente (I.) Delicately one of two readings
8Delicatamente } (I.) Delicately one of two readings
9Delicato (I.) Delicately one of two readings
10Delicato one of two readings
11Délicatesse (F.) Delicacy of performance.
12Delicatezza, con (I.) With delicacy.
13Delicatissimamente (I.) With great delicacy.
14Delicatissimo (I.) Very delicately.
15Délié (F.) Delicate, light.
16Delirante (I.) Excited.
17Delirio, con (I.) With excitement, with frenzy.
18Delyn (W.) The harp.
19Démancher (F.) To cross hands, in pianoforte-playing. To shift, in violin-playing.
20Demande (F.) The subject, dux, or proposition of a fugue.
21Demi-bâton (F.) A semibreve rest.
22Demi-cadence (F.) A half-cadence, or the cadence on the dominant.
23Demi-jeu (F.) Half-power. Mezzo forte, applied to organ or harmonium playing.
24Demi-mesure (F.) A minim rest. one of two readings
25Demi-mesure } (F.) A minim rest. one of two readings
26Demi-pause (F.) A minim rest. one of two readings
27Demi-pause one of two readings
28Demi-quart de soupire (F.) A demi-semi-quaver rest.
29Demisemiquaver. A note of the value of one-fourth of a quaver ♩
30Demi-soupire (F.) A quaver rest.
31Demi-ton (F.) A semitone.
32Demoiselle (F.) A coupler in the organ.
33Denis 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.
34Derivative. (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.
35Des (G.) D flat.
36Descant (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.
37Desdes or Deses (G.) D double flat.
38Dessin (F.) The design or plan of a composition.
39Dessus (F.) One of the old names for the treble or upper part in vocal music.
40Desto (I.) Sprightly.
41Destra (I.) The right; as destra mano, the right hand.
42Détaché (F.) Detached, or staccato notes.
43Determinato (I.) Resolutely, definitely
44Détonation (F.) False intonation.
45Détonner (F.) To sing out of tune: to sing harshly or coarsely.
46Detto (I.) The same; as, il detto voce, the same voice.
47Deutsche Flöte (G.) The German flute.
48Deutscher Bass (G.) An instrument of the viol kind, with five or six gut-strings, midway in size between a violoncello and a double-bass.
49Deuxième position (F.) (1) The second position or half-shift on the violin. (2) The second fret on a guitar.
50Development of a subject. The elaboration of a given theme according to the rules of art.
51Devoto (I.) With devotion one of two readings
52Devoto } (I.) With devotion one of two readings
53Devozione, con (I.) With devotion one of two readings
54Devozione, con } affection. one of two readings
55Dextra (L.) The right, e.g.: dextra manu, the right hand.
56Dextræ tibiae (L.) Pipes held in the right hand; generally, the shorter of the tibiae impares. Hence, tibiae dextræ seems to imply a pair of treble pipes; tibiae sinistrae, a pair of lower-toned or bass pipes. [Aulos.]
57Di (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.
58— colta (I.) Suddenly, at once. one of two readings
59—— colta (I.) Suddenly, at once. one of two readings
60— gala (I.) Merrily, cheerfully. one of two readings
61—— gala (I.) Merrily, cheerfully. one of two readings
62— grado (I.) By conjunct intervals. one of two readings
63—— grado (I.) By conjunct intervals. one of two readings
64— molto (I.) Very much; as, allegro di molto, very fast. one of two readings
65—— molto (I.) Very much; as, allegro di molto, very fast. one of two readings
66— nuovo (I.) Anew, again. one of two readings
67—— nuovo (I.) Anew, again. one of two readings
68— salto (I.) By a leap, spoken of melody, progressing by skips. one of two readings
69—— salto (I.) By a leap, spoken of melody, progressing by skips. one of two readings
70Diagonal bellows. An old form of organ-bellows of diagonal shape.
71Dialogue. A duet.
72Diana (I.) An aubade; hunt’s up one of two readings
73Diana (I.) } An aubade; hunt’s up one of two readings
74Diane (F.) An aubade; hunt’s up one of two readings
75Diane (F.) } one of two readings
76Diapason (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.
77— cum diapente. The interval of a 12th. one of two readings
78—— cum diapente. The interval of a 12th. one of two readings
79— cum diatessaron. The interval of an 11th. one of two readings
80—— cum diatessaron. The interval of an 11th. one of two readings
81Diapente (Gk.) The interval of a 5th.
82Diapentissare (med. L) To descant at the interval of a 5th
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