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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1verwandt
2verwandt (fěr'-vánt) Ger. adj.
3Related; as verwandte Tonarten, related or relative keys.
4Verwandtschaft (fěr-vánt'-shäft) Ger. n.
5Relationship; connection relation.
6Verwechselung (fěr-věkh'-sěl-oongk) Ger. n.
7Change; mutation; alteration of key, time or tone. Die enharmonische Verwechselung, the enharmonic change.
8verweilend (fěr-vi'-lěnt) Ger. part. and n.
9Delaying; tarrying. Equivalent to ritenendo.
10Verwerfung (fěr-věrf'-oongk) Ger. n.
11Transposition.
12verziert (fěr-tsěrt') Ger. part.
13Figured; ornamented; florid; verzierter Kontrapunkt, figured counterpoint.
14Verzierung (fěr-tsěr'-oongk) Ger. n.
15Ornamentation; ornament; embellishment. Verzierungsnote, a grace note.
16Verzögerung (fěr – tsākh' – ě – roongk) Ger. n.
17Retardation.
18verzweiflungsvoll (fěr – tsvi' – floongs-fōl) Ger. adj.
19Full of despair; desperate; desperately.
20vesper bell
21In Roman Catholic Church the bell which sounds at sunset to call the people to vespers, the evening service of the church.
22vesper hymn
23A hymn sung during the vesper services.
24vespers
25The evening service of the Catholic Church. It is the sixth and most important of the canonical hour services, and is held about six o'clock. It consists chiefly of singing, solemn and beautiful. The greatest church composers wrote much for this service.
26vespertini psalmi (věs-pūr-tī'-nī săl'-mi) It.
27Evening psalms: the psalms sung at vesper service in the Catholic Church. They vary during the week but on Sunday are usually from One Hundred Ten to One Hundred Fourteen.
28vezzosamente (vět-tsō-sā-měn'-tě) It. adv.
29Gracefully, pleasingly, tenderly.
30vibrate (vě-brā'-tě) It. adj.
31Vibrated: plural of vibrato; le note being understood. Signifies that the notes should be strongly accented at first but diminish in volume.
32vibration
33The regular oscillation of any tone-producing body, such as a string, a column of air, a vibrating membrane, a sonorous substance, or a vocal chord.
34vibratissimo (vē-brā-tīs'-sī-mō) It.
35Very tremulous.
36vibrato (vē-brā'-tō) It. part. and adj.
37Vibrated; tremulous; resonant: used as a noun to signify a tremulous quality of tone, in contradistinction from a pure, even tone, but not the same as tremolo. In singing, vibrato is produced by the rapid weakening and reinforcing, and consequently the partial interruption of a tone which is being held. It has almost the effect of reiteration, and when poorly done becomes only a repetition of one note; see trillo caprino. On a bow instrument vibrato is produced by rapidly oscillating the finger while it firmly stops a string, thus causing an almost imperceptible alteration of pitch which more closely resembles the vocal tremolo, while the tremolo, produced by rapid down and up bowing on the same string of an instrument is nearer like the vocal vibrato. Vibrato is indicated thus Compare balancement (Fr.).
38vibrato molto (vē-brā'-tō mōl'-tō) It.
39Extremely tremulous or resonant: stronger than vibratissimo. A very rapid vibrato.
40vibrator
41One name for free reed.
42vibrazione (vē-brāt-sī'-ō'-ně) It. n.
43Vibration; wavering.
44vicar-choral
45A deputy or assistant to a capitular, major canon; that is, a dignitary who possesses a stipend allotted from the revenues of an Anglican Collegiate or Cathedral church. The vicars-choral hold office only during the life of the canons to whom they are attached. The position of vicar-choral, called lay clerk in the cathedral of the new formation, or the cathedral council as organized after the Reformation, is open to laymen, while that of the minor canon, or the lower grade of choral assistants having the same duties, can be filled only by one of the clergy. The vicar-choral assists his superior in his duties, sometimes at the altar and pulpit but usually
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