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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Klein (Ger.) Small; minor…Klein'-gedackt, flute (organ-stop).
3Kling'ende Stim'men (Ger.) Speaking or sounding stops (of an organ); opp. to stum'me Regis'ter.
5Knee-stop. A knee-lever under the manual of the reed-organ; there are 3 kinds, used (a) to control the supply of wind; (b) to open and shut the swell-box; (c) to draw all the stops.
7Kneif'instrument (Ger.) An instr. having strings plucked by the fingers or a plectrum.
9Knie'geige (Ger.) Viola da gamba… Knie'gitarre, guitare d'amour… Knie'zug, knee-stop.
11Knopf'regal (Ger.) See Apfelregal.
13Kno'te (Ger.) Node…Kno'tenpunkt, nodal point.
15Kollektiv'zug (Ger.) Composition-pedal.
17Kol'lern (Ger.) See Sgallinacciare.
19Kolophon'. See Colophony.
21Kombinations'pedal (Ger.) Combination-pedal…Kombinations'ton, combination-tone.
23Komponie'ren (Ger.) To compose… Komponiert', composed…Komponist', composer.
25Kon'trabass (Ger.) Double-bass…Kon'-trafagott, double-bassoon…Kon'tra-oktave, contra-octave…Kon'trapunkt, counterpoint…Kon'trasubjekt, counter-subject.
27Konzert' (Ger.) Concert; concerto. (Also Concert.)…Konzert'meister, leader, first violin…Konzert'oper, a light opera for concert performance without stage-accessories…Konzert'-stück, (a) a short concerto in one movement and free form; (b) any short solo piece for public performance.
29Kopf'stimme (Ger.) Head-voice.
31Kop'pel (Ger.) Coupler…Koppel ab, coupler off…K. an, draw coupler.
33Kornett' (Ger.) Cornet.
35Kosa'kisch (Ger.) A national dance of the Cossacks, the melody of which consists of 2 8-measure repeats in 2-4 time.
37Ko'to. The Japanese zither-harp, with 13 silk strings stretched over an arching oblong soundboard, each having a separate movable bridge, by adjusting which the string can be tuned. Compass about 2 octaves. The player uses both hands; the chromatic tones are produced by pressing the strings behind the bridges.
39Kraft (Ger.) Force, vigor, energy… Kräf'tig, forceful, vigorous. (Also adverb.)
41Kra'gen (Ger.) Peg-box (of a lute).
43Krakowiak. See Cracovienne.
45Kräu'sel (Ger.) Mordent.
47Krebs'gängig (Ger.) Cancrizans, retrograde…Krebs'kanon, canon cancrizans.
49Krei'schend (Ger.) Harsh, strident; screeching, screaming.
51Kreuz (Ger., "a cross".) A sharp (#)…Kreuz'saitig, overstrung…Kreuz'-tonart, a sharp key.
53Krie'gerisch (Ger.) Martial, warlike.
55Kriegs'lied (Ger.) War-song.
57Kro'me (Ger.) Chroma.
59Krumm'bogen (Ger.) Crook…Krumm'-horn, (Kromphorn, Krumhorn, hence Fr. cromorne and It. cormorne; It. also cornamu'to tor'to, or, for short, stor'to.) 1. An obsolete wood-wind instr. of the Bombard class, blown by means of a double reed within a cupped mouth-piece, and differing from the bombard by the semi-circular turn of the lower part of the tube and by its remarkably narrow compass (a ninth). In the 16th century it was made in 3 or 4 different sizes, treble, alto, (tenor), and bass, and had 6 ventages on the straight part of the tube. The tone had a melancholy timbre, which was imitated—2. in the organ-stop of the same name (also cormorne, cremona, phocinx), formerly in vogue for small-sized organs and for the echo-work of larger ones (of 8 and 4-foot pitch, on the pedal also of 16-foot pitch as Krumm'hornbass); a reed-stop, the tubes of which were frequently half-covered, or conical below and cylindrical above. [RIEMANN.]
61Krus'tische Instrumen'te (Ger.) See Schlag'instrumente.
63Kuh'horn (Ger.) The alp-horn…Kuh'-reigen, Kuh'reihen, Ranz des vaches.
65Kunst (Ger.) Art; science…Kunst'-fugue, fuga ricercata…Künst'ler, artist…Kunst'lied, an art-song, opp. to folk-song (Volkslied)…Kunst'pfeifer, see Stadtpfeifer.
67Kurz (Ger.) Short; crisp(ly)…Kur'zer Mor'dent, short mordent…Kur'ze Ok-
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