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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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1Hauptschluss (G.) A perfect cadence.
2Hauptstimme (G.) Principal part.
3Hauptwerk (G.) The great organ.
4Hausse (F.) The nut of a violin bow.
5Hausser (F.) To raise, lift, to sharpen.
6Haut (F.) High; as, haute-contre, the alto part; haut-dessus, treble part; haute-taille, first or high tenor.
7Hautbois (F.) Hautboy. [Oboe.]
8Hautbois d’amour (F.) A small species of oboe, now obsolete.
9Haute-contre (F.) (1) An alto, the highest of men’s voices. (2) An alto-viola.
10Head. (1) The membrane stretched upon a drum. (2) That part of a violin in which the pegs are inserted. (3) The portion of a note which determines its position upon the stave, and to which the tail is annexed.
11Head-voice. [Falsetto.]
12Heftig (G.) Boisterous, impetuous.
13Heimlich (G.) Mysteriously.
14Heiss (G.) Hot, ardent.
15Heiter (G.) Clear, calm. Feierlich heiter, solemn and calm.
16Hell (G.) Clear, bright.
17Hemidiapente. An imperfect fifth.
18Hemitone. The lesser or minor third.
19Hemiolios (Gk.) (1) The ratio 3 to 2. The same as the sesquialtera in Latin treatises on music. (2) A kind of metre. A verse consisting of a foot and a half.
20Hemiopus (Gk.) Having a small number of holes. ἡμίοιοι αὐλοί, small flutes with three ventages.
21Hemitone. A semitone.
22Heptachord. (1) A series of seven notes; a diatonic octave without the upper note. (2) An instrument with seven strings.
23Herabstrich (G.) The down-stroke of a Herstrich. bow.
24Heroisch (G.) In a heroic manner.
25Herunterstrich (G.) Down-bow, ↘
26Hexachord. A series of six sounds. The system of hexachords immediately preceded the modern octave-system.
27Hey de guise. A country-dance.
28Hidden fifths or octaves. [Consecutives.]
29Hiefhorn
30Hifthorn (G.) Hunting-horn.
31Hüfthorn
32Hinaufstrich (G.) An up-bow, V
33Hinstrich (G.) An up-bow, V
34His (G.) The note B sharp.
35Hoboe (G.) [Oboe.]
36Hoboy. [Oboe. Waits.]
37Hochzeitmarsch (G.) A wedding march.
38Hocket (old E.) A species of part-music
39Hoked in which two parts were so arranged that while one had a note, the other had a rest. From this breaking up of the parts it also received the name truncatio. It was popular in the fourteenth century, but is now quite obsolete.
40Hohlflöte (G.) Hollow-toned flute; an organ-stop.
41Hold. An old English name for the sign of a pause ∑
42Holding note. A note sustained in one part, while the others are in motion.
43Homophony. Unison of voices or instruments of the same character.
44Hopser or Hopstanz (G) A country-dance.
45Horae canonicae. The canonical hours at which religious services are held. The following is their order: lauds, at daybreak; prime, or first hour, a later service; tierce, or third hour, at nine a.m.; sext, or sixth hour, at noon; nones, or ninth hour, at three p.m.; vespers, or evening service; compline, or final service, at bedtime. one of two readings
46Horae canonicæ. The canonical hours at which religious services are held. The following is their order: lauds, at daybreak; prime, or first hour, a later service; tierce, or third hour, at nine a.m.; sext, or sixth hour, at noon; nones, or ninth hour, at three p.m.; vespers, or evening service; compline, or final service, at bedtime. one of two readings
47Horn. A metal wind instrument, formed of a continuous tube twisted into a curved shape, and having a mouthpiece and a bell. Additional pieces of tubing called crooks can be added in order to alter the pitch, and the bell is sufficiently wide to admit the hand of the player for the purpose of producing closed notes. It is sometimes called the French horn, to distinguish it from the English horn (Cor anglais).
48Hörner (G.) Horns; as Hörner in Es horns in E flat.
49Hornpipe. (1) The name of an old wind instrument of the shawm or waits character, so called because the bell or open end was sometimes made of horn. In Wales and Ireland it was called pib-corn. (2) A dance of English origin, so called from the instrument which played the tune to which it was danced. It is now danced by a single performer, to a tune in duple measure.
50Hosanna. (1) An exclamation, "Save, I pray," formed from Ps. cxviii. 25. (2) Part of the Sanctus in the Mass.
51Huchet (F) A postman’s horn.
52Huitième de soupir (F.) A demisemiquaver rest.
53Hülfslinien (G.) Leger lines.
54Hülfsnote (G.) An auxiliary note.
55Hümmelechen (G.) A kind of small bagpipe; a drone.
56Humor (G.) Humour.
57Hunting. A term in change-ringing.
58Hunting-horn. [Horn.]
59Hunts-up or Hunt’s up. A morning song, of a noisy, boisterous character.
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