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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
28 lines. Read by computer on 16 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Empfin’dung (Ger.) Feeling, emotion… Empfin’dungsvoll, full of feeling; feelingly, with emotion.
2Empha’se (Ger. and Fr.) Emphasis, stress.
3Emporté,-e (Fr.) Carried away by feeling or passion.
4Empressé,-e (Fr.) Urgent, eager; in haste.
5Enarmo’nico (It.) Enharmonic.
6En badinant (Fr.) See Scherzando.
7Enclavure du manche (Fr.) Space cut in belly (of violin) for insertion of neck.
8Encore (Fr.) “Again!” (in English usage; the French use the word “bis” when recalling an actor or performer).—Also used for recall (noun and verb), and for the piece or performance repeated.
9End-man. In the “negro minstrels”, a man who sits at the end of the semi-circle formed by the company on commencing the performance. There are 2 or 4 such end-men, who provide a good part of the fun apart from the songs, and likewise perform on the “bones” and the tambourine.
10Energi’a (It.), Énergie (Fr.) Energy… Energicamen’te (It.), or con energia, with energy and decision, energetically.
11Ener’gico (It.), Ener’gisch (Ger.) Energetic, vigorous; indicates that the passage so marked is to be vigorously accented and distinctly phrased.
12Enfant de chœur (Fr.) A choir-boy.
13Enfa’si, con (It.) With emphasis, emphatically… Enfa’tico, emphatic.
14Eng (Ger.) Narrow, close… Eng’e Harmonie’ (Lage), close harmony.
15Eng’elstimme (Ger.) Vox angelica.
16Eng’führung (Ger.) The stretto in a fugue.
17Eng’lisch (Ger.) English… Englisch Horn, cor anglais… Engl’ische Mech’a’nik, English action (pfte.)… Engl’ischer Tanz, anglaise .. Englisch Violet’, (a) an obsolete bow-instr. resembling the viola d’amore, with 14 sympathetic strings stretched below the fingerboard; (b) a former tuning of the violin (e—a—e1—a1).
18Enharmon’ic. (Ger. enharmo’nisch; Fr. enharmonique; It. enarmo’nico.) In Greek music, the enh. genus was distinguished by a tetrachord, the first 2 steps in which were (approximately) quarter-tones, and the third step a major third.—In modern music, enharmonic tones are tones derived from different degrees, but practically identical in pitch, as c♯ and d♭ on the pfte. or organ… Enharmonic change, a change effected in the harmonic relations of a tone or chord by treating it as identical in pitch with another tone or chord of different notation; thus: where the enharm. change of b♭ to a♯ brings about a different resolution of the diminished seventh-chord by changing its tonality:
19(1) d-minor. (2) b-minor.
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21.. Enharmonic chords, chords (like 1 and 2 above) alike in pitch but unlike in notation and derivation… Enhar. di’esis, see Diesis… Enhar. interval, one derived from an enharm. change… Enhar. modulation, an enharm. change of chords, as above… Enhar. organ, pianoforte, scale, one in which the identity of the enharmonic tones is denied, and an attempt made to realize practically the minute differences in pitch between such tones, e.g. by adding an extra digital for d♭ as distinct from c♯; etc. one of two readings
22.. Enharmonic chords, chords (like 1 and 2 above) alike in pitch but unlike in notation and derivation… Enharm. di’esis, see Diesis… Enharm. interval, one derived from an enharm. change… Enharm. modulation, an enharm. change of chords, as above… Enharm. organ, pianoforte, scale, one in which the identity of the enharmonic tones is denied, and an attempt made to realize practically the minute differences in pitch between such tones, e.g. by adding an extra digital for d♭ as distinct from c♯; etc. one of two readings
23Ensemble (Fr.) Concert, in the sense of “agreement of 2 or more in a design or plan”.—1. The unity of a composition; the harmonious agreement of parts which forms a well-balanced whole.—2. The harmonious cooperation of the various factors in a performance; of the actors, singers, musicians, or instruments, taken in groups or together… Morceaux d’ensemble, concerted music.
24En serrant (Fr.) Stringendo.
25Entr’acte (Fr., “interval between acts”.) A light instrumental composition or short ballet, intended or adapted for performance between acts.
26Entra’ta (It.) See Entrée, and Intrada.
27Entrée (Fr.) 1. See Intrada; also, specifically, the orchestral prelude to a ballet, following the overture.—2. Entrance (of a part or actor).—3. A division of a ballet corresponding to a “scene” in a dramatic performance; also, the dance-music accompanying it.—4. An old dance resembling the Polonaise in character, usually in 4-4 time; often
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