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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1celestial music
2together," in Milton's Hymn on Christ's Nativity, "Ring out, ye crystal spheres."
3References concerning this theory might be multiplied innumerably from Shakespeare, Dryden, Addison and others, but these suffice, perhaps, to show its widespread prevalence.
4celestina (chā-lēs-tē'-nā) It. n.
51. An organ stop composed of pipes producing a soft tone. Its pitch is rather high, the lowest tone being an octave below middle C.
62. In reed organs a stop consisting of reeds producing a tremolo effect.
7celeusma (sē-loos'-mā) Grk. n.
8From the Greek verb, meaning to urge on, to command. The name given to the word or sing-song by which oarsmen in ancient times were encouraged to row rhythmically, and which is now used by sailors to help them pull uniformly and simultaneously at a rope. It is the same as the proceleusmatic song, written in four short measures to arouse animation and life in action.
9'cello (chēl'-lō) It.
10Abbreviation of violoncello.
11cembal (sān-bāl') Fr. n.
121. Harpsichord.
132. Cymbal.
14cembal d'amour (sān-bāl dā-moor') Fr.
15Harpsichord of love. An instrument invented by Silberman, of Freiburg, early in the Eighteenth Century. It was a double clavichord with strings twice the length of those of a clavichord and passing over two bridges instead of one. Its action was similar to that of the clavichord except that the tangents struck between the bridges, and both parts of the strings were allowed to vibrate. The strings when at rest lay upon the damping cloth and were free to vibrate as long as they were raised from it by the keys. The case was like that of the spinet except that the elongated part lay to the left of the performer. For further discussion see clavichord.
16cembalist
17One who plays the cembalo: cembalo being an old name for harpsichord or piano, or various instruments having wire strings struck by hammers.
18cembalista (chām-bā-lēs'-tā) It. n.
19One who plays on the harpsichord, cymbals or piano.
20cercar la nota
21cembalo (chām'-bā-lō) It. n.
221. Harpsichord.
232. Cymbal. Abbr. cemb.
24cembanella (chām-bā-nēl'-lā) It. n.
25See cennamella.
26cennamella (chā-nā-mēl'-lā) It. n.
27A wind instrument like a flute, pipe or flageolet.
28cenobites (sēn'-ō-bits) Eng. n. from Lat.
29Members of a religious order dwelling in a community or convent and performing the services of the choir.
30cent
31The hundredth part of an equal semitone.
32cento (chān'-tō) It. n.
33Hundred: in poetry, the name given to a poem made up of a hundred verses from another poem, or a composition formed of one hundred verses or passages from other authors and disposed in a new order.
342. The name given the collection of antiphons or brief sentences from the Scriptures sung before and after the psalms and canticles in the Roman Catholic service and arranged by Pope Gregory the Great.
35centon (sān-tōn) Fr. n.
361. The antiphony of Pope Gregory the Great. Antiphony is a collection of Catholic antiphones, which are brief sentences from the Scriptures sung before and after the psalms and canticles. Centon refers to those arranged by Gregory in the Sixth Century. For additional matter see Gregorian Chant.
372. A medley of extracts from the works of one composer or of several worked up into an opera or similar composition.
38centone (chān-tō'-nē) It. n.
391. The antiphony or collection of brief sentences from the Scriptures sung before and after the psalms and canticles in Roman Catholic Church, and arranged by Pope Gregory the Great.
402. A patchwork: a medley of different tunes or melodies from an author's musical compositions, as a cento is in poetry.
41cephalicus (sē-fāl'-ĭ-kūs) Lat.
42Of or pertaining to the head: the name of one of the musical characters of notation used in the Middle Ages. See also neume.
43cercar la nota (chār'-kā lā nō'-tā) It.
44To search for the note: in singing to seek or feel for the note; a gliding
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