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A dictionary of musical terms : containing upwards of 9,000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases … with a supplement containing an English-Italian vocabulary for composers, 1904
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1Bécarre (Fr.) The natural (♮).
2Bec’co (It.) Same as Bec…Becco polac’co, a large species of bagpipe.
3Bech’er (Ger., “beaker, cup.”) 1. The bell (of various wind-instr.s; also Schall’trichter).—2. The tube (of a reed-pipe in the organ; also Auf’satz, Schall’becher).
4Beck’en (Ger.) Cymbals.
5Bedeckt’ (Ger.) Stopped, as strings; opp. to leer, open.
6Bedon (Fr.) Old name for drum…Bedon de Biscaye, a tambourine.
7Bee moll. (Obs., from Lat. B molle, soft B.) Be mol, Bemol.
8Beffroi (Fr.) Gong (tam-tam)…Also, an alarm-bell, a tocsin.
9Befil’zen (Ger.) To felt (put felt on pfte.-hammers)…Befil’zung, felting.
10Begei’sterung (Ger.) Enthusiasm, spirit.
11Beglei’ten (Ger.) To accompany…Beglei’tstimmen, Beglei’tung, accompaniment; accompanying parts subordinate to a principal melody.
12Bei’sser (Ger.) A mordent.
13Bei’töne (Ger.) Harmonic overtones or undertones…Also, auxiliary tones.
14Bekie’len (Ger.) To furnish with quills, as the jacks of a harpsichord.
15Beklemmt’ (Ger., properly beklo’m’men.) Anxious, oppressed [Beethoven].
16Bele’bend (Ger.) Ravvivando.
17Bele’dern (Ger.) To cover with leather…Bele’dierung, formerly, the leather, now, the felt, used in covering pfte.-hammers…Also, the strips of leather covering the treble hammers.
18Belegt’ (Ger.) Hoarse, not clear; veiled (of the voice).
19Bell. 1. (Ger. Glock’e; Fr. cloche; It. campa’na.) A hollow metallic instr. of percussion, set in vibration by a swinging clapper hung within, or by hammers actuated from without.—2. (Ger., Schall’trichter; Fr. pavillon; It. pavi-glio’ne.) The flaring end of various wind-instr.s.
20Bell-diapason. An organ-stop, usually of 8-foot pitch, with open bell-mouthed pipes.
21Bellez’za (It.) Beauty, grace.
22Bell-gamba. An organ-stop having conical pipes surmounted by a bell; also called cone-gamba.
23Bell-harp. An old variety of harp with 8 or more steel strings and enciosed in a wooden box, which the player swung to and fro like a bell while twanging the strings with the thumbs of both hands inserted through holes in the cover.
24Bellicosamen’te (It.) In a bellicose, martial, warlike style…Bellicoso, martial, warlike.
25Bell-met’ronome. A metronome with a bell-attachment which can be set so as to strike with every second, third, fourth, or sixth beat of the pendulum.
26Bello’nion. An instr. consisting of 24 trumpets and 2 drums played by a mechanism; inv. in 1812 at Dresden.
27Bell open diapason. Same as Bell-diapason.
28Bellows. (Ger. Balg; Fr. soufflet; It. soffiet’to.) The mechanical contrivance for gathering and propelling the wind supplying the pipes or reeds of the organ, harmonium, concertina, bagpipe, and the like. See Organ.
29Bell-piano. See Glockenspiel.
30Belly. 1. (Ger. Deck’e; Fr. table; It. ta’vola, pan’cia.) The face (upper side) of the resonance-box of the violin etc.—2. (Ger. Resonanz’boden; Fr. réson-nance, table d’harmonie; It. ta’vola armo’nica.) Soundboard of the pfte.
31Bemol. B-flat.
32Bémol (Fr.), Bemol’le (It.) The flat (♭)…Bémoliser (bemollizza’re), to flat (set a flat before a note).
33Ben, Be’ne (It.) Well; as ben marcato, well marked; a bene placito, at pleasure, ad libitum; ben ritmato, see Bien rythmé; ben tenuto, well sustained or held.
34Benedic’tus. See Mass.
35Bequa’dro (It.) The natural (♮).
36Berceuse (Fr.) A cradle-song, lullaby; hence, a piece of instrumental music imitating the effect of a lullaby.
37Ber’gamask. (Fr. bergamasque; It. bergama’sca.) A clownish dance in derisive imitation of the rustics of Bergamasca in Northern Italy. (Also ber-gomask, burgomask.)
38Bergeret’. A pastoral or rustic song or dance. (Also bargaret, bargeret.)
39Bergk’reyen, Berg’reihen (Ger.) “Dance-tunes from the mountains;” the title of various collections of dance-music.
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