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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1CLASSIFIED LIST OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
3I. Stringed Instruments.
5A. Strings, rubbed
6 { a) by a bow
7 { 1. with 4 strings { Violin, Viola,
8 { 2. with more than { Violoncello, Double-bass
9 4 strings { *Viola d'amore
10 { [Viols, various]
11 { b) by a wheel turned by a crank Hurdy-gurdy, Piano-violin
13B. Strings, plucked
14 { a) by the fingers { 1. without fingerb. Harp
15 { 2. with fingerboard *Guitar, *Mandolin, *Zither, [Lute] one of two readings
16 { b) by a keyboard-mechanism [Harpsichord] one of two readings
17 { b) by a keyboard-mechanism { 2. with fingerboard *Guitar, *Mandolin, *Zither, [Lute] one of two readings
18 [Harpsichord] one of two readings
19C. Strings, percussed one of two readings
20 { a) directly by the player *Zimbalon (or Tympanon), xylophone
21 { b) by a keyboard-mechanism Pianoforte
23C. Strings, percussed one of two readings
24 { a) directly by the player one of two readings
25 { b) by a keyboard-mechanism one of two readings
26(no line here) one of two readings
28II. Wind-Instruments.
30A. With mouth-hole
31 { a) lateral
32 { b) whistle-like
33 Flutes, Piccolos, Fife one of two readings
34 [Flûtes à bec], *Flageolet one of two readings
35 [Chalumeau], clarinets, *alt-clarinet (basset-horn), bass-cl. one of two readings
36(no line here) one of two readings
37B. With reed
38 { a) cylindrical tube + beating reed
39 { b) conical tube + beating reed
40 { c) conical tube + double reed
41 Saxophones, *octavin one of two readings
42 Oboe, *hautbois d'amour, alt-oboe or cor anglais one of two readings
43 *Sarrusophones one of two readings
44 Bassoon, quint-bassoon, double-bassoon one of two readings
45 Horn, natural one of two readings
46 Trumpet, natural one of two readings
47 *Post-horn one of two readings
48 *Bugle, military one of two readings
49(no line here) one of two readings
50C. With mouth-piece
51 { a) natural
52 { 1. with slide
53 { 2. with holes (keys)
54 { 3. with valves (pistons)
55 Trombones, slide-trumpet one of two readings
56 [Cornetto, Serpent] one of two readings
57 *Key-bugle, or key-trumpet one of two readings
58 *Ophicleide one of two readings
59 Valve-horn one of two readings
60 Valve-trumpet one of two readings
61 Valve-trombone, (*alto, tenor, *bass) one of two readings
62 Cornet à pistons one of two readings
63 Valve-bugles or saxhorns; Tubas or saxhorns one of two readings
64(no line here) one of two readings
65 { b) chromatic
66 { 1. with slide one of two readings
67 { 2. with holes (keys) one of two readings
68 { 3. with valves (pistons) one of two readings
70(no line here) one of two readings
71D. Polyphonic
72 { a) without keyboard
73 { b) with keyboard one of two readings
74 { 1. with tubes Organ one of two readings
75 { b) with keyboard { 1. with tubes Organ one of two readings
76 { 2. without tubes Harmonium, *Vocalion
78III. Instruments of Percussion.
80A. With a membrane
81 { a) with tones of determinate pitch Kettledrums
82 { b) with tones of indeterm. pitch Bass drum, side-drum, etc.
83B. Autophonic
84 { a) with tones of determinate pitch Bells, carillons, Glockenspiel
85 { b) with tones of indeterm. pitch { Triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, castanets, etc.
87instrumental strain or passage connecting the lines or stanzas of a hymn, etc. —3. An instrumental piece played between certain portions of the church service (Lat. interludium).
89Intermède (Fr.) 1. Interlude 1.—2. An operetta in one act.
91(no line here) one of two readings
92Interme'dio (It., dimin. intermediet' to.) Interlude 2.
94(no line here) one of two readings
95Interme'zzo (It.) Intermezzi were originally short mus. entr'actes in the Italian tragedies, of a very simple description, and quite independent of each other; towards the end of the 16th century they assumed larger proportions; finally they were treated as separate parts of a whole mus. drama, of a less serious cast than the principal work which they were intended to embellish, their acts alternating with those of the latter.
97Having reached this stage, they merely had to be detached from the larger work to form a self-existent operetta or opera buffa.—Instrumental music sometimes takes the place of the old intermezzi in modern dramas (e.g. that to the "Midsummer-night's Dream," by Mendelssohn)… The term intermezzo is also technically applied to many short movements connecting the main divisions of a symphony or other extended work; sometimes to entire long movements, or even to independent compositions… Interme'zzi in the Suite are such dances (movements) as do not form one of its regular constituent parts, but are occasionally introduced for variety's sake, and usually between Sarabande and Gigue. one of two readings
98Having reached this stage, they merely had to be detached from the larger work to form a self-existent operetta or opera buffa.—Instrumental music sometimes takes the place of the old intermezzi in modern dramas (e.g. that to the "Midsummer-night's Dream," by Mendelssohn)… The term intermezzo is also technically applied to many short movements connecting the main divisions of a symphony or other extended work; sometimes to entire long movements, or even to independent compositions… Intermezzi in the Suite are such dances (movements) as do not form one of its regular constituent parts, but are occasionally introduced for variety's sake, and usually between Sarabande and Gigue. one of two readings
100Interrogati'vus. One of the accentus eccl.
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