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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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1dérivée, any measure indicated by 2 figures (2-4, 3-8, etc.) as being derived from, i. e. a fractional part of, a whole note.
2Des (Ger.) Db…Des'es, DDb.
3Des'cant. See Discant.
4Descend. To pass from a higher to a lower pitch…Descent, descending progression.
5Deside'rio (It.) Desire, longing…Con d., in a style expressive of longing, yearning.
6Désinvolture, avec (Fr.) See Disinvoltu.
7Dessin (Fr.) The design, plan, or structure of a composition.
8Dessus (Fr.) 1. Soprano or treble, i. e. the highest vocal part.—2. Earlier name for the violin (dessus de viole).
9De'sto (It.) Sprightly.
10De'stra (It.) Right…Ma'no destra, right hand (also destra mano, colla destra); a direction in pfte.-playing, signifying that the passage is to be played with the right hand. (Abbr. m. d., or d. m.)
11Détaché (Fr.) In violin-playing, detached, i. e. playing successive notes with alternate down-bow and up-bow, but not staccato…Grand détaché, a whole (stroke of the) bow to each note.
12Determina'to (It.) Determined, resolute.
13Detonation' (Ger.), Détonnation (Fr.) False intonation, singing out of tune…Detonieren (détonner), to sing false; especially, to flat (gradually lower the pitch) in a cappella singing.
14Det'to (It.) Aforesaid; the same.
15Deutsch (Ger.) German…Deu'tsche Flöte, the orchestral flute…Deu'tscher Bass, an obsolete kind of double-bass, having from 5 to 6 gut strings…Deu'tsche Tabulatur', see Tablature…Deutsche Tän'ze, German dances, i. e. the old-fashioned slow waltzes.
16Deux (Fr.) Two…À deux mains, for 2 hands…Deux-quatre, 2-4 (see Measure)…Deux-temps, or Valse à deux temps, a quick waltz, with 6 steps to every 2 of the ordinary waltz (trois temps).
17Deuxième position (Fr.) Half-shift.
18Development. (Ger. Durch'führung.) The working-out or evolution of a theme by presenting it in varied melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic treatment; ordinarily applied to formal compositions like the fugue or sonata. (See Form.)
19Devo'to (It.) In a devotional style (con devozio'ne).
20Dex'tra (Lat.) Right…Manus d., right hand…Manu d., with the right hand.
21De'zem (Ger.) See Decima.
22De'zime (Ger.) The interval of a tenth.
23Di (It.) Of, from, to, etc.
24Diagram'ma (Gk.) A diagram. 1. The Greek written scale of 15 notes, divided into the various tetrachords.—2. In old music, the staff and the scale written on it; also, a score or partition.
25Dia'logo (It.), Dialogue (Fr.) A duet for 2 solo voices or divided chorus; or a similar instrumental piece.
26Diapa'son (Gk.) An octave (in ancient Greek and in medieval music)…Dia-pason diapente, or diapason con dia-pente, an octave plus a fifth, a twelfth…Diap. dialessaron (diap. con diates-saron), an octave plus a major fourth, a major eleventh…Diap. ditone, an octave plus a major third, a major tenth…Diap. semi-ditone, an octave plus a minor third, a minor tenth.
27Diapa'son (Engl.) 1. An octave.—2. Either of the 2 principal foundation-stops of the organ, the open diapason and the stopped diapason, both commonly of 8-foot pitch; if there are 2 op. diap.s on a manual, one is sometimes of 16' pitch; pedal-diapasons are generally 16' stops.—The open d. has metal pipes open at the top, and usually of large scale, though the scale differs when 2 or more diapasons are on one manual; the tone is bright, full, and sonorous…The stopped d. has wooden pipes of large scale, closed at the top by wooden plugs, and yielding a powerful fluty, and somewhat hollow, tone.—3. Compass of a voice or instr.; chiefly poetical.
28Diapason (Fr.) 1. Compass of a voice or instr.—2. A rule or scale, acc. to which makers of various instr.s regulate the size of the latter, and that of their parts.—3. An organ-stop (diapason).—4. A tuning-fork or pitch-pipe.—5. Absolute pitch…Diapason normal, the standard pitch or scale adopted in 1859 by the French Academy, in which a1 has 870 single or 435 double vibrations per second of time (so-called "international pitch").
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