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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Leit'ton (Ger.) Leading-tone.
2Lenez'za, con (It.) In a gentle, quiet manner.
3Le'no (It.) Faint, feeble.
4Lent,-e (Fr.) Slow…Lentement, slowly…Lenteur, slowness.
5Len'to (It.) Slow; a tempo-mark intermediate between Andante and Largo (comp. art. Tempo-mark). Also used as a qualifying term, as Adagio non lento…Lentamen'te, slowly…Lentan'do, growing slower, retarding; a direction to perform a passage with increasing slowness (ritardando, rallentando)…Lentez'za, con, slowly, deliberately.
6Lesser. Minor; as the lesser third…Lesser appoggiatura, shortappoggiatura…Lesser whole tone, see Intervals, Table III, foot-note.
7Lesson. (Fr. leçon.) In the 17th and 18th centuries, the name of the several pieces for the harpsichord, etc., which, when combined, formed a Suite.
8Le'sto (It.) Lively, brisk.
9Letter-name. A letter used to designate a tone, note, key, or staff-degree. See Alphabetical notation.
10Levé (Fr.) Up-beat.
11Ley'er (Ger.) Earlier spelling of Leier.
12Liaison (Fr.) 1. A tie.—2 (liaison d'harmonie). A syncopation.—3. See Ligature 2.
13Libel'lion. An automatic music-box, distinguished by the feature that the notes are represented by perforations in sheets of tough cardboard, which (as they pass through the box) can be made continuous, so that compositions of any desired length may be performed.
14Liberamen'te (It.), Librement (Fr.) Freely.
15Libret'tist. A writer of libretti…Libret'to (It., pl.-i.; Fr. ditto, or livret; Ger. Text). A "booklet"; specifically, one containing the words of an opera, oratorio, etc.; also such words or text, whether in book-form or not; a book.
16License. (Ger. Frei'heit; Fr. licence; It. licen'za.) An intentional deviation from established custom or rule…Con alcu'no licenza (It.), with a certain freedom.
17Lice'o (It.) Academy (of music).
18Lich'anos (Gk.) See Lyre 1.
19Lié (Fr.) Tied; legato.
20Lieb'lich (Ger.) Lovely, sweet, charming; often with names of organ-stops.
21Lied (Ger.) Song.—A preëminently German song-form is that of the durch'-komponiertes Lied, which differs from the ballad (Stro'phenlied) in not repeating the same melody for each stanza, but following closely the sense of the words by changing melody, harmony, and rhythm…Kunst'lied, Volks'lied, Volks't(h)ümliches Lied, see those words…Lie'derocyclus, a cycle (set) of songs…Lie'derkranz, (a) a choral society; (b), also Lie'derkreis, a set or series of songs…Lie'derspiel, see Vaudeville…Lie'dertafel, a singing-society of men, of a social character…Lied'-form, see Form.
22Liga'to (It.) Legato.
23Lig'ature. (Ger. Ligatur'; Fr. ligature; It. legatu'ra.) 1. In mensurable music, a connected group of notes to be sung to one syllable. Ligatures were derived from the compound neumes; their simplest form is the Figura obliqua (q. v.) (Comp. Proprietas, Improperitas, Perfection, Imperfection.)—2. In modern music, a group or series of notes to be executed in one breath, to one syllable, or as a legato phrase.—3. A tie; hence, a syncopation.
24Ligne (Fr.) A line…Ligne ajoutée (postiche, or. supplémentaire), a leger-line.
25Li'mite (It.) Limit.
26Lim'ma. See Apotome.
27Li'nea (It.) A line.
28Lin'gua. (It.) Reed (of organ-pipe).
29Lingual'pfeife (Ger.) Reed-pipe (usually Zung'enpfeife).
30Li'nie (Ger.) A line…Li'niensystem, the staff.
31Linings. (Ger. Füt'terung; Fr. contre-éclisses.) In the violin, etc., the strips of pine-wood glued inside the body to the ribs, to stiffen the fixed structure.
32Lin'ke Hand (Ger.) Left hand.
33Lip. 1. (Ger. Lip'pe or [Lat.] La'bium, pl. La'bien; Fr. biseau [upper lip].) The lips of a flue-pipe are the flat surfaces above and below the mouth, called the upper and lower lip. See Pipe 2, a.—2. (Ger. An'satz; Fr. embouchure; It. imboccatu'ra.) The art or faculty of so adjusting the lips to the mouthpiece of a wind-instr. as to produce artistic effects of tone; also lipping
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