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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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1Capriccio (It.) Title frequently given to instrumental pieces of free, unconventional form, and distinguished by originality in harmony and rhythm. (Compare Scherzo.)…A capriccio, at pleasure, ad libitum…Capricciosamen'te, capriciously, fantastically…Capriccio'so, capricious, fantastic; a capriccio.
2Caprice (Fr.) Capriccio.
3Carat'tere (It.) Character, dignity; style, quality.
4Caressant (Fr.)
5Carezzan'do (It.)
6Carezze'vole (It.)
7Caressingly, soothingly.
8Carica'to (It.) Overloaded as to graces, chromatics, peculiarities of instrumentation, or other means of mus. expression.
9Carillon (Fr.) 1. A set of bells differing from those of a chime in being fixed, and in their greater number; played either by hand (on a keyboard) or machinery (on the principle of the cylinder in the barrel-organ).—2. A bell-piano, with pfte.-keyboard, and bells instead of strings.—3. A melody to be played on 1.—4. An instrumental piece imitating the peculiar character of carillon-music.—5. The "clashing" (ringing all at once) of several large bells.—6. See Glockenspiel.—7. A mixture-stop yielding the 3rd, 5th, and 8th partials of the fundamental represented by the digital pressed (c¹—g²—e³—c⁴).
10Carillonneur (Fr.) A performer on the carillon.
11Carità' (It.) Lit. "charity." Same as Affetto.
12Carmagnole (Fr.) A dance and song in great vogue during the Reign of Terror; it dates from the taking (1792) of Carmagnola, a town in Piedmont, though the connection between the town and the air is not clearly established.
13Carol. 1. A circle-dance (obs.)—2. A joyous song or ballad, particularly one celebrating Christmas.
14Caro'la (It.) A circle-dance similar to the carmagnole.
15Carrée (Fr.) A breve.
16Cartelle (Fr.) A large leaf (for writing) of prepared ass's-skin, on which the lines of the staff are traced to jot down notes while composing, the notes being afterwards erased with a sponge. All cartelles come from Rome or Naples. [ROUSSEAU.]
17Ca'rynx (Gk.) An ancient Greek trumpet.
18Cas'sa (It.) A bass drum. (Also cassa gran'de.)…C. armonica, body (of violin, etc.)
19Cassation' (Ger.) See K.
20Castanets. (It. castagnet'te; Fr. castagnettes; Ger. Kastagnetten; from Span. castañetas.) A pair of small concave pieces of hard wood or ivory, each having a projection on one side, by means of which they are fastened together with a cord long enough also to pass over the performer's thumb, or thumb and forefinger. Generally used (especially in Spain) by dancers as a dance-accomp. They yield no mus. tone, but merely a hollow click or rattle.
21Castra'to (It.) A eunuch (adult male singer with soprano or alto voice).
22Catalectic. Lacking part of the last foot; e.g. the second of the following lines is catalectic:
23Lives of great men all remind us
24We can make our lives sublime.
25(—|—|—|—|—||—|—|—|—|—)
26Catch. Originally, an unaccomp. round for 3 or more voices, written as a continuous melody, and not in score; the "catch" was for each succeeding singer to take up or catch his part at the right time. Later, a new element was introduced, and words were selected in such sequence that it was possible, either by mispronunciation or by interweaving the words and phrases apportioned to the different voices, to produce the most ludicrous and comical effects.
27Cate'na di tril'li (It.) A chain of trills.
28Catgut. Popular term for Gut strings (q.v.)
29Catlings. Lute-strings of the smallest size.
30Catti'vo (It., "bad.") Cattivo tempo, the weak beat.
31Cau'da (Lat., "tail.") The stem of a note.
32Cavallet'to (It., "little horse.") 1. A bridge (usually ponticello).—2. The break in the voice.
33Cavalquet (Fr.) A piece played by a cavalry trumpeter-corps when approaching or marching through a town.
34Cava'ta (It.) 1. Production of tone.—2. Cavatina.
35Cavati'na (It.) 1. A short song of any description.—2. A vocal air, shorter and simpler than the aria, and in one division, without Da capo.—3. Title
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