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Scan 175
American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
63 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 152. See the scan on archive.org.
1decima plena de tonis
2plus a major third, that is, ten degrees or whole tones.
3decima quarta (děs'-ĭ-mā kwôr'-tā)
4Lat.
5Literally, tenth fourth: a tenth added to a fourth; the interval of a fourteenth.
6decima quinta (děs'-ĭ-mā kwĭn'-tā)
7Lat.
8Literally, tenth fifth: a tenth added to a fifth; the interval of a fifteenth.
9decima tertia (děs'-ĭ-mā túr'-shā) Lat.
10Tenth third: the interval of a thirteenth.
11decime (dā-sēm') Fr. n.
12An interval of a tenth, an octave plus a third, that is ten steps.
13decimole
14A group of ten equivalent notes played in the time of eight notes of the same value, or four notes of double time value, and connected by a slur over or under which is placed the figure 10.
15decisif (dā-sē-sēf') Fr. adj.
16Decisive, firm, positive.
17decisione (dā-chī-zĭ-ō'-nē) It. n.
18Decision, resolution.
19decisivement (dā-sē-sēf-mān') Fr. adv.
20Decisively, positively, firmly.
21Decke (děk'-ě) Ger. n.
22Literally, cover: sounding-board; upper part of the sounding-box in stringed instruments; also, the cover or top of a pipe of an organ-stop; belonging to the class known as stopped or covered.
23declamando (dā-klā-mān'-dō) It. part. and adj.
24In a declamatory style.
25declamation
26declamazione (dā-klā-mā-tsĭ-ō'-nē) It. n.
27This term is applied in several ways; in its broadest sense, to the effective and accurate rendering of words set to music, with especial regard to the concurrence of musical and poetical accent, to enunciation and to expression. In the last named particular, declamation, in the sense of declamatory music, is distinguished from singing in general by the predominance of the dramatic element over the lyric; and in any case implies greater importance in the words than in the accompanying music. Recitative, albeit, confined to certain passages in opera or oratorio, is a form of declamation while the latter in its most distinctive sense is used throughout entire compositions of lesser scope, such as melodramas and bal-
28degli
29lads for declamation. In these the words are written for the speaking voice accompanied by piano, or more rarely, by orchestra.
30declaver (dā-klă-vā') Fr. v.
31To change the key; to go out of the key.
32décomposé (dā-kōn-pō-zā') Fr. part. and adj.
33Literally, decomposed; unconnected; incongruous.
34décompter (dā-kōn-tā') Fr. v.
35To use the portamento, said especially of singing.
36decoration (dā-kō-rās-yōñ') Fr. n.
37A term used to denote the musical signature.
38decorative notes
39Notes forming an embellishment: appoggiaturas, grace notes.
40découplez (dā-koo-plā') Fr. v.
41To throw off a coupler, to uncouple; term used in organ music.
42décousu (dā-koo-sū') Fr. adj.
43Disconnected, lacking coherence.
44decresecendo (dā-krē-shēn'-dō) It. part.
45Gradually increasing in volume of tone. Indicated by the sign
46Abbr. dec., decrese.
47decresecendo sin al pianissimo (dā-krē-shēn'-dō sēn āl pī-ā-nīs'-si-mō) It.
48Gradually diminishing to very soft.
49decuplet
50A group of ten equivalent notes played in the time of eight notes of the same value, or four notes of double time value, and connected by a slur over or under which is placed the figure 10.
51dedicato (dā-dĭ-kā'-tō) It. adj.
52dédié (dād-yā') Fr. part. and adj.
53Dedicated.
54deductio (dē-dūk'-shĭ-ō') Lat. n.
551. The ascending series of notes in the hexachord, or six note scale system ascribed to Guido D'Arezzo, and called after his name, the Aretinian system.
562. A term used to signify the resolution or change from an inharmonious, dissonant, chord to the following harmonious or consonant one.
57deficiendo (dā-fē-chēn'-dō) It. part. and adj.
58Dying away.
59degl' one of two readings
60degli one of two readings
61degli (dāl'-yē) It. mas. plu.
62Of the, in the, from the. Combination of the preposition de and the article gli. Contracted to degl' before i.
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