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Scan 207
American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
67 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 184. See the scan on archive.org.
1en serrant
2en serrant (äñ sër-rän') Fr.
3Quickening the time, usually suddenly.
4en voz (ën-vôth) Spa.
5In voice.
6enarmonico (ën-är-mô'-ni-kô) It. adj.
7See enharmonic.
8enchainez (äñ-shâ-na') Fr. v. one of two readings
9enchainez (äñ-shâ-nä') Fr. v. one of two readings
10Begin at once.
11enclavure du manche (än-klâ-vûr' dü mäñsh) Fr.
12Literally, enclosure of the neck: a space cut in the belly of the violin for the insertion of the neck.
13Ende (ën'-dë) Ger. n.
14End; concluding piece.
15endecha (ën-dä'-chä) Spa. n.
16A dirge.
17endechoso (ën-dä-chôs'-sô) Spa. adj.
18Sorrowful; mournful.
19endymatia (ën-dím-ä'-shä) Grk.
20A class of sacred dances of ancient Greece. The dancers were clothed in very brilliant tunics and performed at private and public entertainments. Though these dances were at first sacred to the gods they lost in time much of their sacred character. Their origin is supposed to have been founded on the Egyptian dances and their style was grave and impressive.
21energia (ën-ër-jë'-ä) It. n.
22Energy; force.
23energicamente (ën-är-jî-kâ-mên'-të) It. adv.
24Energetically; forcibly. Abbr. eners.
25energique (ën-ër-zhék') Fr. adj.
26Energetic; vigorous.
27energisch (ën-ër'-zhish) Ger. adj.
28Energetic; vigorous.
29enfant de choeur (äñ-fän dü kûr') Fr.
30Choir-boy.
31enfasi (ën-fä'-zë) It. n.
32Emphasis.
33enfaticamente (ën-fä-tî-kâ-mên'-të) It. adv.
34Emphatically.
35enfatice (ën-fä'-tî-kô) It. adj.
36Emphatic.
37enfiatamente (ën-fë-ä'-tä-mên'-të) It. adv.
38Proudly; ostentatiously.
39enfler (äñ-flâ') Fr. v.
40To increase the tone; to swell.
41eng (ëngk) Ger. adj.
42Narrow, close, compressed: said of (a) the stretto in fugue (b), narrow, straight organ-pipes.
43enge Harmonie (ëngk'-ë hâr'-mô-në') Ger.
44Close harmony: that is when the voice-parts lie close together.
46enharmonic
47Engelstimme (ëng'-ël-shtîm-më) Ger. n.
48The German name for the vox angelica stop in the organ.
49Engführung (ëngk'-fûr'-oongk) Ger. n.
50Literally, bringing closer: a name for the stretto in a fugue because the subject and answer are brought closer together.
51Englisch Violet (ëng'-lish fë-ô-lët') Ger.
52A name given by Leopold Mozart to the viola d'amore. This instrument became very popular in England during the Eighteenth Century and the name "Viol" in German means both violet and viola. Furthermore, the especially soft voice doubtless carried with it a suggestion of the retiring qualities of the violet.
53englische Mechanik (ëng'-lîsh-ë mä-khän-ëk') Ger.
54English action, applied to pianos.
55English concert pitch
56The pitch generally adopted in England, after some discussion, in 1896. According to this pitch A on the second space of the G clef has 439 double vibrations per second at a temperature of 68° Fahr. or 435 double vibrations per second at a temperature of 59° Fahr. This pitch has since been adopted by all musical bodies in England except the military bands.
57English fingering
58The system of marking piano-music, in which the notes for the thumb are designated by the sign X or + and the notes for the fingers by 1, 2, 3, 4. Sometimes called American fingering.
59English horn
60A meaningless name which has been given the alto oboe or cor anglais. The real name doubtless should be angle horn and is derived from the angle which the tubes of the older instruments described. The French adjectives "angle" meaning angle and "anglais" meaning English, having been confused. Now, however, the tube is straight.
61enguichure (äñ-gë-shûr') Fr. n.
62The mouthpiece of a hunting horn.
64(no line here) one of two readings
65enharmonic one of two readings
661. The early history of Greek music is enveloped in great obscurity and the earliest indications of a regular system are found in the little that can be discovered concerning the poet-musician, Olympus, who lived about 1400 B.C. It is comparatively certain that the Greeks had three kinds of scales,
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