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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1ettacordo
2ettacordo (ět-tā-kôr'-dō) It. n.
31. A lyre with seven strings.
42. The interval of a seventh.
53. A scale of seven notes. Equivalent to eptacorde (Fr.) and synonym of eptacordo.
6étude (ā-tūd') Fr. n.
7Literally, a study: a composition written especially to give practise in some technical difficulty.
8étude de concert (ā-tūd' dū kōñ-sār') Fr.
9Literally, a concert study; one intended for public display of skill.
10étudier (ā-tūd-yā') Fr. v.
11To study; to practise.
12étui (ā-twē') Fr. n.
13A box or case for an instrument.
14etwas langsamer (ět'-vās lānkh'-zām-ěr) Ger.
15Somewhat slower.
16eufonia (yoo-fō-nē'-ā) It. n.
17Euphony; harmonious arrangement of sounds in composition.
18eufonico (yoo-fō'-nē-kō) It. adj.
19Euphonious; harmonious.
20enology
21A speech or writing composed for the express purpose of praising its subject. Musically, a composition for the same purpose.
22evovae (ū-oo'-ē)
23A word composed of the vowels in the words "Seculorum, Amen," at the close of the Gloria Patri, in the Gregorian chants: the trope or concluding formula, at the end of the melody for the Lesser Doxology: also, any trope. Synonym of evovae.
24euphon
251. See euphonium.
262. In the organ a stop comprising pipes fitted with reeds and giving a soft, sweet tone like that of the clarinet. The lowest tone is three octaves below middle C.
27euphoniad
28An improved form of the orchestration as it was invented by Abbé Vogler, furnished with thirty keys, and capable of imitating the tones of the organ, the horn, the bassoon, the clarinet and the violin. See also orchestrion.
29euphonic-horn
30euphonion
31A brass wind instrument of a large size and even pitch, and furnished with valves. It was invented by Sommer of Weimar in 1843. Same as sommerophone.
32evovae
33euphonium (yoo-fō'-nī'-ūm) Eng. n. from Lat.
341. An instrument invented by Chladni in 1790. It consisted of steel rods upon which are strung glass tubes to be set in vibration with the moistened fingers.
352. The bass of the saxhorns.
36Euterpe (yoo-tēr'-pē) Eng. n. from Grk.
37One of the nine Muses of classical mythology. To her the invention of the double flute was attributed. She was patroness of flute-players and was sometimes called Tibicina because she presided over the pipes. Since she favored the simpler melodies of the primitive people more than the finished art of music, she was often associated with the patron of the lyre, Apollo, and with the ritual music of Bacchus, god of wine.
38eutimia (yoo-tē'-mē-ā) It. n.
39Vivacity; alacrity.
40evacuatio (ē-vāk-ū'-ā'-shī-ō) Lat. n.
41evacuazione (ā-vā-koo-āt-sī'-ō'-nē) It. n.
42Literally, the making empty: a system in medieval music whereby the value of the full-faced, or black-headed notes, was reduced in value one-half by writing them in outline only.
43éveillé (ā-vā-yā') Fr. adj.
44Brisk; animated.
45evensong
46evening song
47Evening service in the Anglican Church; known as Vespers in the Roman Catholic Church.
48eversio (ē-vūr'-shī-ō) Lat. n.
49The inversion of the parts in double counterpoint.
50évidoir (ā-vē-dwār') Fr. n.
51A bit; in constructing wind instruments the bit is used to hollow out the tubes.
52evirato (ā-vē-rā'-tō) It. n.
53Formerly, Italian men with soprano voices, who sang the high parts in church and theatre.
54evolutio (ēv-ō-lū'-shī-ō) Lat. n.
55The development of a theme by inversion; that is, placing an upper part under a lower part, or a lower part above a higher part by transposing them an octave, fifth, or some other interval, higher or lower.
56evovae (ē-vō'-vē)
57A word composed of the vowels in the words, Seculorum, Amen, at the
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