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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Satz; Fr. phrase; It. tempo.) A principal and usually separate division or section of a composition, containing themes and a development peculiar to itself.
3Muances (Fr.) See Mutation 2.
5Mund (Ger.) Mouth…Mund'harmo-nika, mouth-harmonica…Mund'loch, mouth (of an organ-pipe; usually Auf'-schnitt)…Mund'stück, mouthpiece.
7Mune'ira (Span.) A Galician dance of moderate tempo and in 2-4 time, with an auftakt of a quarter-note, and the strong beat marked by the castanet-rhythm.
9Mun'ter (Ger.) Lively, animated, gay. (Also adverb.)
11Murky. A murky-bass is one progressing in broken octaves; a harpsichord-piece with such a bass was called a murky.
13Muse. The mouthpiece or wind-pipe of the bagpipe.
15Musette (Fr.) 1. A small and primitive kind of oboe.—2. A variety of bagpipe in which the wind is supplied by a bellows.—3. A short piece of music imitating in style that played on this kind of bagpipe, i. e. of a soft and gentle character and with a drone-bass; hence, the dance-tunes of the same style and name.—4. A reed-stop in the organ.
17Mu'sica (Lat. and It.) Music…M. da ca'mera, chamber-music…M. da chie'sa, church-music…M. da tea'tro, theatre (theatrical) music…M. di gat'ti, charivari (see Katzenmusik).
19Musical box, Music-box. The so-called Swiss music-box consists of a metallic cylinder or barrel studded with small pins or pegs, and caused to revolve by clockwork. In revolving, the pins catch and twang a comb-like row of steel teeth arranged in a graduated scale, each tooth producing a tone of very accurate pitch. In the larger instr.s the barrel may be shifted so as to play several tunes, or is made exchangeable for others.—For the newer music-boxes, compare Symphonion, Libellion.
21Musician. (Ger. Mu'siker; Fr. musicien; It. mu'sico, musici'sta.) One who practises music in any of its branches as a profession.
23Music-pen. 1. A soft-nibbed, broad-pointed pen for writing notes, etc.—2. A 5-pointed pen for drawing the 5 lines of the staff on paper.
25Music-recorder. See Melograph, Phonograph, Phonautograph.
27Music-wire. Steel wire for the strings of mus. instr.s.
29Musik' [-zeek'] (Ger.) Music…Musik'-bande, see Bande…Musik'diktat, see Dictée musicale…Musik'direktor, a conductor…Musik'fest, mus. festival…Musik'meister, conductor of a military band.
31Musika'lien (Ger.) Music (i. e. musical compositions). [A trade term.]
33Musikant' (Ger.) A vagabond or bungling musician.
35Mu'siker, Mu'sikus (Ger.) A musician.
37Musiquette (Fr.) Little piece of music; or (collectively) light music.
39Mu'ta (It.) "Change!" A direction in orchestral scores indicating a change of crook or instr., or in the tuning of an instr., necessitated by a change of key.
41Mutation. 1. (Ger. Mutie'rung; Fr. mue; It. mutazio'ne.) The change of the male voice at puberty.—2. (Ger. Mutation'; Fr. pl. mutations, muances; It. mutazio'ne.) In medieval solmisation, the change or passage from one hexachord to another, with the consequent change of syllable (comp. Solmisation).—3. In violin-playing, "shifting."
43Mutation-stop. In the organ, any stop, except a mixture, whose pipes produce tones neither in unison nor in octaves with the foundation- (8-foot) stops; i. e., all tierce and quint-stops, and their octaves.
45Mute. 1. (Ger. Däm'pfer; Fr. sour-dine; It. sordi'no.) The mute for the violin, etc., is a piece of brass or other heavy material, having cleft projections which permit of its firm adjustment on the bridge without touching the strings; its weight deadens the resonance of the sound-box. (Recently made in the form of a spring clip.) The direction for putting on the mutes is "con sordini"; for taking them off, "senza sordini".—2. A pear-shaped, leather-covered pad introduced into the bell of the horn or trumpet to modify the tone. Other forms of this mute are (for the horn) a pasteboard cone with a hole at the apex, and (for the trumpet) a cylindrical tube of wood pierced with holes.
47Mu't(h)ig (Ger.) Spirited, bold. (Also adverb.)
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