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A dictionary of musical terms, 1898
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1Männergesangverein (G.) A society formed for the performance of music for men's voices.
2Männerstimmen (G.) Men's voices.
3Mano (I.) Hand; as mano destra or diritta, right hand; mano sinistra, left hand.
4Manuals. Keys played by the hands.
5Manuductor. The man who beats time by striking the left hand with the right. Oyster-shells or bones were sometimes used as accessories.
6Marcando (I.) Marking the time or expression.
7Marcatissimo (I.) Very marked.
8Marcato (I.) Marked or emphasised.
9March. A musical composition so arranged as to be suitable for accompanying troops in walking.
10Marche (F.) (1) A march. (2) A sequence; as marche des accords, a sequence of chords.
11—— redoublée (F.) A double-quick march.
12—— triomphale (F.) A triumphal march.
13Marimba. [Balafo.]
14Markirt (G.) Marked, emphasised.
15Marqué (F.) Marcato.
16Marks of expression. Certain words or signs used in music to regulate the degrees of accent, power, time, or tone, required by the composer to produce the proper effect of his composition.
17Marsch (G.) A march.
18Marschmässig (G.) In march-style.
19Marseillaise (F.) A national French song, written by Rouget de Lisle.
20Martelé (F.) Literally, Hammered.
21Martellato (I.) Notes played or sung with especial force.
22Martellare (I.) To hammer. A term applied to staccato bowing on the violin and to the strong percussion of notes of a pianoforte.
23Marziale (I.) In a martial style.
24Masque. A species of dramatic entertainment in which the performers originally wore masks suggestive of the allegorical characters assumed. Afterwards, a sort of stage-cantata founded generally on some legendary or mythological subject.
25Mass (G.) Measure, time.
26Mässig (G) Mode:ate, temperate. Mässig langsam, moderately slow; mässig bewegt or mässig geschwind, moderately quick.
27Massima (I.) A semibreve.
28Masternote. An old term for the sensible or leading note.
29Mastersinger. [Meistersinger.]
30Masure (G.)
31Masureck (Pol.) [Mazurka.]
32Masurek (G.)
33Masurka (G.)
34Matelote (F.) A sailor's dance. [Hornpipe.]
35Maultrommel (G.) Jew's-harp.
36Maxima (L.) A note equal to two longs.
37Mazourk (G.) A Polish dance of lively Mazurek (G.) grotesque character, the Mazurka. music of which is in 3/8 or 3/4 time, with a peculiar rhythm.
38Mean. The name formerly given to the tenor part as being the mean in pitch between the bass and treble. The middle strings of instruments were also called mean.
39—— clef. The C clef.
40Measure. (1) A general name for a slow and stately dance supposed to be like the minuet. (2) Time, pace. (3) Rhythm. (4) The contents of a bar.
41Mechanism. (1) That part of an instrument which forms the connection between the player and the sound-producing portion. (2) The physical power of performance as distinguished from the intellect or taste which directs it.
42Medesimo movimento (I.) The same movement.
43—— tempo. The same time.
44Mediant. The third degree of any Médiant (F.) scale.
45Mediation. That part of a chant which lies between the reciting-note and the next close. [Chant.]
46Medius (L.) The tenor part. [Mean.]
47Mehrstimmig (G.) In many parts. Polyphonic.
48Meisterfuge (G.) A master-fugue, highly elaborated, and containing all possible scientific feats. [Ricercata.]
49Meistersänger (G.) A title given to the Meistersinger most renowned musician of a township or district in Germany during the Middle Ages.
50Mélange (F.) A medley.
51Melismatik (G.) The art of florid vocalisation.
52Melodia (I.) Melody.
53—— (Gk.) (1) The singing of an ode to a melos. (2) The tune to which lyric poetry was sung.
54Melodico Melodicoso Melodioso (I.) Melodiously, sweetly. one of two readings
55Melodico Melodico Melodioso (I.) Melodiously, sweetly. one of two readings
56Melodicon. An instrument made of steel bars in different lengths tuned to the diatonic scale, struck with hammers.
57Melody organ or Harmonium. An organ or harmonium so constructed that the upper note of the chords played is louder than the rest of the sounds.
58Melograph. An instrument invented for the purpose of writing down melodies when played upon a pianoforte.
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