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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Lip'penpfeife (Ger.) Flue-pipe (usually Labialpfeife).
3Li'ra (It.) Lyre (see Lyre).—While the ancient lyre was a harp-like instr., the lira of the 16th–18th century was a species of viol, a bow-instr. with a varying number of strings, and made in 3 principal sizes…L. barberi'na, a small lyre inv. by Doni of Florence in the 17th century…L. da brac'cio, "arm-lyre", a bow-instr. first mentioned in the 9th century, and appearing in the 15th as an instr. resembling the viol in form of head and in stringing, though in other points (and finally in the adoption of 4 strings) like the violin (see art. Violin, foot-note)…L. da gam'ba, knee-lyre…L. tede'sca, hurdy-gurdy.
5Li'rico,-a (It.) Lyric, lyrical.
7Liro'ne (It.) The great bass lyre (also Accor'do, Archivio'la di lira), with as many as 24 strings.
9Li'scio (It.) Smooth, flowing.
11L'istes'so. See Istesso.
13Litany. (Gk. litanei'a ; Lat. and It. li-tani'a; Fr. (pl.) litanies; Ger. Litanei'.) A song of supplication; "a solemn form of prayer, sung, by priests and choir, in alternate invocations and responses, and found in most Office-books, both of the Eastern and Western Church" [GROVE]. Litanies were originally employed in processional supplications for averting pestilence and other dangers, and later adopted by the Church as portions of the regular service at certain seasons.
15Lit'teræ significati'vae (Lat.) Single letters, or abbreviations, of doubtful significance, employed in medieval neumatic notation. (Ger. Romannusbuchstaben.)
17Liu'to (It.) A lute.
19Livre (Fr.) Book…À livre ouvert, at sight.
21Livret (Fr.) Libretto.
23Lo (It.) The.
25Lob'gesang (Ger.) Song or hymn of praise.
27Loch in der Stimme (Ger.) "Hole in the voice"; said of that part of a register in which certain tones cannot be made to "speak" on account of a morbid state of the vocal organ.
29Lo'co (It.) Place; signifies, following 8v'a, "perform the notes as written". Also al loco.
31Lo'crian. (Ger. lo'krisch.) See Mode.
33Long. (Lat. longa.) See Notation, §3; also for Long-rest.
35Lonta'no (It.) Distant…Da l., or in lontanan'za, from a distance, far away.
37Loop. 1. A vibrating portion of a body, bounded by 2 nodes. See Node. —2. The cord fastening tailpiece to button (violin, etc.)
39Lö'sung, fort'schreitende (Ger.) Resolution (usually Auf'lösung).
41Loud pedal. Damper-pedal.
43Loure (Fr.) 1. An ancient Fr. bagpipe inflated by the mouth; hence—2. A dance named from the instr., on which it was formerly played, in 6-4 or 3-4 time and slow tempo, the down-beat strongly marked.
45Louré (Fr.) Slurred, legato, non staccato.
47Low. 1. (Ger. lei'se ; Fr. douce; It. pia'no.) Soft, not loud.—2. (Ger. tief; Fr. bas,-se ; It. basso,-a.) Grave in pitch, not acute.
49Lugu'bre (Fr. and It.) Mournful.
51Lullaby. Cradle-song, berceuse.
53Lun'ga (It.) Long. Written over or under a hold, it signifies that the latter is to be considerably prolonged…Lun-ga pa'usa, a long pause or rest.—Lun-ghe (pl. of lunga), drawn out, prolonged; "note" (notes) being implied.
55Luo'go (It.) Same as Loco.
57Lur (Danish, from Old Norse ludr, a hollowed piece of wood.) 1. A unique pre-historic wind-instr. of bronze (alloy of copper 88.90%, tin 10.61%, nickel and iron 0.49%), numerous well-preserved specimens of which have been found, but only in Denmark, southern Sweden, and Mecklenburg. The long, slender, exactly conical tube, varying in length from 5 ft. to 7 ft. 9 3/4 in., forms a sweeping, graceful curve (forward from the player's lips, upward and backward over his left shoulder, and forward again over his head), and terminates with a broad circular flat plate (about 10 in. in diam.) in lieu of a flaring bell. This plate is ornamented with bosses in front, and on the rear with several small bronze tassels, depending loosely. The Lur has a cupped mouthpiece, shallower and more nearly V-shaped than that of the trombone.
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