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A dictionary of musical terms, 1907
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1Bozzetto (It.) Sketch.
2B quadra'tum, B qua'drum. See B.
3Brabançonne. The Belgian national hymn.
4Brac'cio (It.) The arm…Viola da braccio, see Viola.
5Brace. 1. (Ger. Klam'mer; Fr. accolade; It. grap'pa.) A bracket connecting the heads of 2 or more staves. —2. One of the leathern slides on the cords of a side-drum.
6Branle, Bransle (Fr.) A brangle or brawl; an old French dance in 4-4 time, in which several persons joined hands and took the lead in turn. Branle was the generic name of all dances in which, like the Cotillon or Grossvater, one or two dancers led the rest, who imitated all the evolutions of their leaders. (Also Brantle.)
7Brass-band. See Band 2; distinguished from full military band by omission of reed-instr.s…Brass-wind, collective term for the players on metal wind-instr.s in an orchestra.
8Bra'tsche (Ger.) The tenor violin (comp. Viola).
9Bra'vo (It., masc. adj., pl. bravi; fem. brava, pl. brave.) Used as an interjection, signifying "well done!" and the like; superlative bravissimo,-a, etc.
10Bravour' (Ger.) See Bravura…Bravour'arie, aria di bravura…Bravour'-stück, a vocal or instrumental piece of a brilliant and florid character.
11Bravoure (Fr.) See Bravura…Valse de bravoure, an instrumental waltz of a brilliant, showy character.
12Bravu'ra (It.) Boldness, spirit, dash, brilliancy…A'ria di bravura, a vocal solo consisting of difficult runs and passages, designed to show off the singer's voice or skill…Con bravura, with boldness, etc.
13Brawl. See Branle.
14Break. 1. The point at which one register of a voice or instr. passes over into another; in the voice, the junction of the head- and chest-registers; in the clarinet, between the notes: …Breaking of voice, see Mutation. —2. A false or imperfect tone produced by incorrect lipping of a horn or trumpet; or by some difficulty with the reed of the clarinet (the "goose"); or, in singing, by some defect in the vocal organs.—3. In an organ-stop, when playing up the scale, the sudden return (caused by an incomplete number of pipes) to the lower octave; also, in compound stops, any point in their scale where the relative pitch of the pipes is changed.
15Breakdown. A negro dance (U. S.) of a noisy, lively character.
16Breathing-mark. A sign set above a vocal part to show that the singer may (or must) take breath at that place; written variously (', *, √, √ ).
17Breit (Ger.) Broad, stately, slow.
18Brett'geige (Ger.; also Sack'geige, Spitz'-violgeige, Stock'geige, Ta'schengeige.) A kit.
19Breve. 1. (Lat. and Ger. Brev'is; Fr. brève; It. bre've.) A note equivalent to 2 whole notes or semibreves; the longest employed in modern music. It is written thus: —2. In medieval music, a note having 1/2 or 1/3 the time-value of the longa (comp. Mensurable music)…Alla breve (It.), (a) originally, a time of 4 minims (= 1 breve) to the measure; time-signature CD, later C|D; this is 2-1 or great alla breve time. (b) Now, 4-4 time with 2 beats instead of 4 to the measure, and in quicker tempo; time-signature C; also called alla cappella;—opp. to Tempo ordinario I.
20Brev'is (Lat.) A breve.
21Bridge. (Ger. Steg; Fr. chevalet; It. ponticel'lo.) 1. In bow-instr.s, a thin, arching piece of wood set upright on the belly to raise and stretch the strings above the resonance-box, and to communicate to it their vibrations, which the bridge also cuts off from the rear ends of the strings.—2. In the pfte. and other stringed instr.s, a strip or rail of wood or metal over which the strings are stretched.
22Brief. Obsolete for Breve.
23Brillant,-e (Fr.), Brillian'te (It.) Brilliant, showy, sparkling.
24Bril'lenbässe (Ger.) "Spectacle-basses," familiar term for the abbreviated notation of alternating eighth-notes or 16th-notes, e. g.
25Brin'disi (It.) Drinking-song, sometimes in style of Jodler.
26Bri'o (It.) Vivacity, spirit, fire…Con
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