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dictionary of music, 1896
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1Etudier (ā-tū-dē-ā), Fr. To study, to practice.
2Et vitam (ēt vē'tām), Lat. "And life everlasting." A part of the Credo, in the Mass.
3Etwas (ēt'vās), Ger. Some, somewhat, a little.
4Etwas langsamer (ēt'vās lāng'sā-mēr), Ger. A little slower.
5Eufonia (ā-oo-fō-nē'ā), It. Euphony; an agreeable sound.
6Eufonico (ā-oo-fō'nī-kō), It. Harmonious, well-sounding.
7Euphone (ūh-fōn), Fr. A reed-stop in an organ, of 16-feet scale.
8Euphonie (ūh-fō-nē'), Fr. Euphony, sweetness of tone.
9Euphonie (oi-fō-nē'), Ger. Sounds agreeable to the ear.
10Euphony. Agreeable sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds.
11Euharmonic. Producing harmony or concordant sounds.
12Euharmonic organ. An ingenious instrument of American origin, invented by H. W. Poole about the year 1848. It contains three or four times the usual number of distinct sounds within the compass of an octave, furnishing the precise intervals for every key. The name was wrongly chosen, in place of enharmonic.
13Euouae. A collocation of the vowels contained in and indicative of the words "Seculorum, Amen." According to the old form of the letters, Evovae.
14Euphon (yoo-fōn). A kind of glass harmonica with a compass from c to f", invented by the great physicist, E. F. F. Chladni, about 1790. The tone of this instrument is produced by rubbing with moistened fingers strips of glass, which communicate their vibrations to rods of metal.
15Euphoniad (yoo-fō'nī-ād). An instrument of American origin, containing thirty keys with their semitones, and combining in its tones those of the organ, horn, bassoon, clarinet, and violin.
16Euphonious (yoo-fō'nī-ūs). Smooth and melodious.
17Euphonium. A bass wind instrument of modern invention, used in military bands. It has two tubes, played at will from a single mouthpiece.
18Euterpe (oī-tār'pē), Gr. The seventh muse, celebrated for the sweetness of her singing.
19Eveillé (ā-vā-yā), Fr. Lively, gay, sprightly.
20Evirati (ē-vē-rā'tē), It. Men with soprano voices among the Italians, who formerly took the treble parts in the church and theater. They are now nearly, if not quite, extinct.
21Evolutio (ē-vō-loo'tsī-ō), Lat. Inversion of the parts in double counterpoint.
22Exécutant (ēx-ā-koo-tānh), Fr. A performer, either vocal or instrumental.
23Exequiæ (ēx-ā'kwī-ā), Lat. Dirge.
24Exequien (ēx-ā'kwī-ēn), Ger. Masses for the dead.
25Exercice (ēx-ēr-sēss'), Fr. Exercise.
26Exercice de l'archet (ēx-ēr-sēss' dūh l'är-shā), Fr. Practice of the bow in violin-playing.
27Exercise. A musical composition calculated to improve the voice or fingers of the performer.
28Explosive tone. A tone produced by sounding a note suddenly and with great emphasis, and suddenly diminishing; indicated thus: >, or Sf.
29Expressif (ēx-prās-sēf'), Fr. Expressive.
30Expression. That quality in a composition or performance which appeals to our feelings; taste or judgment displayed in rendering a composition and imparting to it the sentiment of the author.
31Expressivo (ēx-prēs-sē'vō), It. See Espressivo.
32Extemporaneous. Without premeditation.
33Extempore (ēx-tēm'pō-rē), Lat. Unpremeditated, improvised.
34Extemporize. To perform extemporaneous-ly, without premeditation.
35Extended harmony. See Dispersed harmony.
36Extended phrase. Whenever, by repeating one of the feet, or by any other variation of the melody, three measures are employed instead of two, the phrase is termed extended, or irregular.
37Extended section. A section containing from five to eight measures.
38Extraneous. Foreign, far-fetched, belonging to a remote key.
39Extraneous modulation. A modulation into some remote key, far distant from the original key and its relatives.
40Extravaganza (ēx-trā-vā-gānt'sā), It. A cadence or ornament which is in bad taste; an extravagant and eccentric composition.
41Extreme. A term referring to the most distant parts, as the treble and bass. Relating also to intervals in an augmented state; as extreme sharp sixth, etc.
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