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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
51 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 95. See the scan on archive.org.
1cercar la nota
2from one note to the next, singing it in the same breath, as a sort of light grace note, and thus anticipating its proper time in the composition.
3cercare (chär-kä'-rē) It. v.
4Literally, to search, to seek: in music, anticipating with a brief grace, a note to be taken by a skip.
5cerdana (thär-dä'-na) Spa. n.
6An ancient Catalonian dance.
7cervela
8Diminutive of cervus, a little stag-horn. A wind instrument of small size similar to the clarinet and, by means of a reed, producing tones similar to a bassoon. It is now obsolete.
9Ces (tsēs) Ger. n.
10The note, C flat.
11Ces dur (tsēs door) Ger.
12The key of C flat major.
13ceses (tsēs-ēs) Ger. n.
14The note, C double flat.
15cesura (sē-zhū'-rā) Eng. n. from Lat.
16A cut: in verse a pause; the ending of a word within a metrical foot, a pause in the rhythm of the verse which renders it more melodious. In music, the rhythmical ending of a passage composed of more than one musical foot. The last accented note of a phrase, section or period. Also called cæsura.
17cesural
18Pertaining to or constituting a cæsura, which is a rhythmical division or pause in a line of poetry or in music.
19cesure (sā-zūr') Fr. n.
20See cæsura.
21cetera (chā'-tē-rā) It. n.
22See cither.
23ceterante (chā-tē-rān'-tē) It. n.
24A player upon the cithern or guitar.
25ceterare (chā-tē-rā'-rē) It. v.
26To play upon the cithern or guitar.
27ceterista (chā-tē-rēs'-tā) It. n.
28A player upon the guitar or cither: instrument of the guitar family practically obsolete.
29ceterizzare (chā-tēr-īd-zā'-rē) It. v.
30To sing with or play upon the guitar or cither.
31cetra (chā'-trā)
32See cither.
33cha chi (chā-chē) Chi.
34A Chinese musical instrument similar to the kin, which has a body of wood and five silk strings of different sizes. The cha chi is tuned to the chromatic scale or scale having twelve half tones to an octave.
35chamber music
36chacóna (tchā-kō'-nā) Spa. n. one of two readings
37chacona (tchā-kō'-nā) Spa. n. one of two readings
38chaconne (shā-kūn') Fr. n.
39From the Basque adjective chacuna, pretty. An obsolete dance of Spanish origin, and of grave and dignified character. It is usually written in three-four time and moderately slow tempo and consists of a series of variations on a bass, which is usually eight measures in length. It commences on the first beat of the measure. An excellent example of this dance is in Bach's fourth sonata for violin solo. Similar to the passacaglia.
40chalotte (shā-lōt') Ger. n.
41The small cylindrical brass tube, otherwise called a reed, into which is fitted the vibrating tongue of brass which produces the tone in some organ pipes.
42chalumeau (shā-lū-mō') Fr. n.
431. From the Latin calamus, meaning a pipe or reed. The name of an obsolete instrument consisting of a cylindrical wooden tube with a single beating reed mouthpiece, considered as a precursor of the clarinet. This instrument doubtless was in common use among European peasantry during the Middle Ages. It became much improved in construction and rose in favor until it was admitted into the orchestra, where it was last used by Gluck in the early Eighteenth Century. The name is often confused with schlalmey and shawm, derived from the same Latin word, but meaning an obsolete oboe.
442. The lowest notes on a clarinet or bassoon are said to be in the chalumeau register. Found in clarinet music this term indicates that the composition is to be played an octave lower than written. Abbr. chal.
45chamade (shā-mād') Fr. n.
46Parley: the military term means a drum-beat as a signal of parley or surrender.
47chamber band
48A band of musicians who play only chamber music or music adapted to performance in private rooms or small concert-halls.
49chamber music
50Any music suitable to be performed privately, or in a room or small concert-hall, as contrasted with church music, orchestra music or opera. The term is less often applied to concerted pieces for solo instruments, as to the sonata form, or quartets, trios and duets.
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