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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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1sage finishing a movement, and beginning where the repetition of the first subject ends. Originally, it was a few chords (or a short passage) intended as a winding-up; it became of growing importance in the canon, sonata, rondo, etc., and is frequently developed into an almost independent concluding division.—Also, the stem or tail of a note (cauda)…Codetta, a short coda. (See Fugue.)
3Cœlestina (or -o). A name bestowed in the 18th century on several modifications of keyboard stringed instr.s, in which alterations of the tone could be produced by mechanisms under the player's control.
5Coffre (Fr.) Case (of a pfte.); body (of a violin).
7Co'gli stromenti (It.) With the instruments.
9Coi, col, coll', col'la, col'le, col'lo (It.) With the.
11Colascio'ne (It.) See Calascione.
13Collet de violon (Fr.) Neck of a violin.
15Collinet (Fr.) A flageolet; named after a celebrated player.
17Col'ophony. (Ger. Kolophon'; Fr. colophane; It. colofo'nia; from Lat. colopho'nium.) Resin or rosin.
19Color. 1. Timbre (tone-color).—2. The characteristic rhythms, harmonies, and melodies of a composition.—3. (Lat.) See Notation, §3.
21Colora'to (It.) Florid, figurate.
23Coloratu'ra (It.) Colorature, i.e. vocal runs, passages, trills, etc., enhancing the brilliancy of a composition and displaying the vocalist's skill.—Also applied to similar instrumental music.
25Coloris (Fr.; Ger. C(K)olorit' [Far'bengebung]). The tonal "color-scheme," vocal or instrumental, of a composition, movement, or scene; i.e. the modifications in vocal or instrumental timbre, or in the instrumentation, employed for obtaining special effects. one of two readings
26Coloris (Fr.; Ger. C(K)olorit' [Far'ben-gebung]). The tonal "color-scheme," vocal or instrumental, of a composition, movement, or scene; i.e. the modifications in vocal or instrumental timbre, or in the instrumentation, employed for obtaining special effects. one of two readings
28Col'po (It., "blow.") Di colpo, at a blow, suddenly, at once.
30Combination pedal. See Pedal…Combination tones (combinational tones), see Acoustics.
32Combined mode. See Dur Moll-Tonart.
34Co'me (It.) As, like…C. prima, as at first, as before…C. sopra, as above…C. sta, as it stands, as written.
36Co'mes (Lat.) Answer (in a fugue); consequent (in a canon).
38Comma. 1. A comma (,) is often used as a breathing-mark.—2. (a) Didymic or syntonic c.: The difference between the greater and lesser whole tone, or 80:81; (b) Pythagorean c., or c. maxima: The difference between the octave of a given tone and a tone 6 whole tones higher than the given tone, or 524288:531441.
40Com'modo (It.; also co'modo.) Easy, leisurely, at a convenient pace; as allegro commodo…Commodamen'te, easily, quietly, leisurely…Commodet'to, rather easy or leisurely.
42Common chord. A major or minor triad…Common hallelujah metre, or Common long metre, a 6-line stanza formed of a common-metre stanza with half a long-metre stanza added; thus, 8 6 8 6 8 8…Common measure, see C. time…Common metre, a form of iambic stanza, of 4 lines containing alternately 8 and 6 syllables; thus, 8 6 8 6…Double common metre, a stanza formed of 2 common-metre stanzas…Common particular metre, a 6-line stanza, the 3rd and 6th lines having 6 syllables, and the others 8 each; thus, 8 8 6 8 8 6…Common time, a measure containing 2 (or 4) half-notes or 4 quarter-notes, with 2 or 4 beats respectively; duple or quadruple time. (Ordinarily, common time is understood to mean 4 quarter-notes [and as many beats] to a measure.)
44Compass. (Ger. Um'fang; Fr. diapason; It. estensio'ne.) The range of a voice or instr., i.e. the scale of all the tones it can produce, from the lowest to the highest.
46Compiace'vole (It.) Pleasing, delightful.
48Com'plement. An interval which, added to any given interval not wider than an octave, completes the octave; thus a fourth is the c. of a fifth, a minor sixth of a major third, etc. Also complementary interval.
50Comple'tory. (Lat. completo'rium.) 1. An anthem supplementary to an antiphon in the lauds and vespers of the Ambrosian rite.—2. See Complin.
52Com'plin(e). The last of the 7 canonical hours.
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