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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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1Essential harmony. See Harmony… Ess. notes, chord-notes… Ess. 7th, (a) the leading-note; (b) the dominant chord of the 7th.
3Estensio'ne (It.) Compass… Esteso,-a (pl. estesi,-e), extended.
5Estinguen'do (It.) Extinguishing, dying away.
7Estin'to (It.) Barely audible; the extreme of pianissimo.
9Estravagan'za (It.) Extravaganza.
11Étalon (Fr.) Scale 3.
13Étendue (Fr.) Compass.
15Étoffé(e) (Fr.) Having "body"… Voix étoffée, a full, sonorous voice.
17Étouffé,-e (Fr.) Stifled, damped, muffled… Étouffoir, damper (pfte.)
19Ettacor'do (It.) See Eptacordo.
21Étude (Fr.) A study; especially, one affording practice in some particular technical difficulty… Étude de concert, an étude designed for public performance; a species of characteristic piece.
23Et'was (Ger.) Rather, somewhat.
25Euharmon'ic. Producing harmonies perfectly pure; opp. to tempered… Euharmonic organ, one having a sufficient number of keys to produce all the fundamental and the chief derivative tones.
27EUOUAE. See EVOVAE.
29Eupho'ne. 1. (Also Euphon.) See Euphonium.—2. In the organ, a 16-foot free-reed stop, with a soft sweet tone like that of the clarinet.
31Eupho'nia (It.) Euphony.
33Eupho'niad. A kind of orchestrion.
35Eupho'nium. 1. An instr. inv. by Chladni in 1790, consisting of graduated glass tubes set in vibration with the moistened fingers, and connected with steel rods. (Also Euphon.)—2. The bass Saxhorn.
37Euter'pe. One of the nine Muses, the inventress of the double flute, and patroness of flute-players and of primitive and simple melody.
39Evacua'tio (Lat.) In mensurable notation, writing only the outlines of solid notes, thus reducing their value by one-half.
41Evakuant' (Ger.) The exhaust-valve or exhaust-pallet in the organ; (Engl. also evacuant).
43Evening-song, Even-song. In the Anglican Church, a form of worship appointed to be said or sung at evening; known as Vespers in the R. C. Church.
45Ever'sio, Evolu'tio (Lat.) The inversion of the parts in double counterpoint.
47Evira'to (It.) See Castrato.
49Évolution (Fr.) See Renversement.
51EVOVAE. The vowels of Seculorum amen, the last two words in the Gloria Patri.—In Gregorian music, the trope closing the Lesser Doxology; in a wider sense, any trope.
53Exercise. (Ger. Übung, Übungsstück; Fr. exercice; It. esercizio.) A short technical study, often consisting of but one repeated measure, for training the fingers (or vocal organs) to overcome some special difficulty; also, a short study in composition, consisting of an outline (e.g. a figured bass, or a cantus firmus) to be filled out harmonically or contrapuntally by the student.
55Exhaust-pallet or -valve. A valve opened by a draw-stop, to let off the wind in the bellows after playing; an evacuant.
57Exposition. 1. (Ger. er'ste Durch'führung.) See Fugue.—2. (Ger.,[-tion']). Development.
59Expression (Fr.) 1. Expression.—2. The vibrato effect on bow-instr.s.
61Expression. (Ger. Aus'druck; Fr. expression; It. espressio'ne.) The clear and effective presentation of the emotional and intellectual content of a work; its proper reading and interpretation, rendering and execution… Expression-mark, a written direction (either a sign, word, or phrase) for the performance of a piece… Expression-stop, in the harmonium, a stop which closes the escape-valve of the bellows, so that the wind-pressure, and consequently the intensity of the tone, is partly under the control of the pedals.
63Expressive organ. (Ger. Expressiv-orgel; Fr. orgue expressif.) The harmonium.
65Extem'pore. Without previous preparation; on the spur of the moment; off-hand.
67Extem'porize. (Ger. extemporie'ren.) To improvise… Extemporizing-machine, an apparatus for mechanically
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