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Scan 146
dictionary of music, 1896
75 lines. Read by computer on 12 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Klappröhorn (kläp'p'n-hōrn), Ger. A keyed horn.
2Klapptrompete (kläp-trōm-pā'tē), Ger. A keyed trumpet.
3Klar (klär), Ger. Clear, bright.
4Klarheit (klär'hit), Ger. Clearness, plainness.
5Klarinette (klä'ri-nět-tě), Ger. A clarinet.
6Klärlich (klär'līkh), Ger. Clearly, distinctly. one of two readings
7Klärlich (klär'líkh), Ger. Clearly, distinctly. one of two readings
8Klassisch (kläs'sīsh), Ger. Classical, of high rank. Approved. one of two readings
9Klassisch (kläs'sish), Ger. Classical, of high rank. Approved. one of two readings
10Klausel (klou'zel), Ger. A close; a regular section of a movement.
11Klavier (klä-fēr'), Ger. Pianoforte; harpsichord. See Clavier.
12Klavierauszug (klä-fēr'ows-tzoog), Ger. Edition for pianoforte. An arrangement of a score for pianoforte.
13Klaviersonaten (klä-fēr'sō-nā-těn), Ger. Piano-forte sonata.
14Klavierspieler (klä-fēr-spē'ler), Ger. Piano-forte-player.
15Klein (klin), Ger. Minor, speaking of intervals.
16Kleinbass (klin'bāss), one of two readings
17Kleinbass (klin'bass), one of two readings
18Kleinbassgeige (klin'bāss-gī-gē), Ger. } Violoncello. one of two readings
19Kleinbassgeige (klin'bass-gī-gē), Ger. } Violoncello. one of two readings
20Kleinlaut (klin'lout), Ger. Small or low in tone or voice.
21Klingbar (klīng'bär), Ger. Resonant, sonorous.
22Klingel (klīng'ēl), Ger. A bell.
23Klingeln (klīng-ēln), Ger. To ring or sound a small bell; to jingle.
24Klingen (klīng'ēn), Ger. } Sonorous, resonant, ringing.
25Klingend (klīng'ēnd), Ger. }
26Klinggedicht (klīng'gē-dīkht), Ger. Sonnet. one of two readings
27Klinggedicht (klīng'gē-dikht), Ger. Sonnet. one of two readings
28Klingklang (klīng'kläng), Ger. Tinkling, bad music.
29Klingspiel (klīng'spēl), Ger. The sound or noise of instruments.
30Klutter (kloot'tēr), Ger. A bird-call.
31Knabenstimme (knä'běn-stim'mě), Ger. A boy's voice, counter tenor.
32Knee-stop.
33Knell. The tolling of a bell at a death or funeral.
34Kniegeige (knē'gī-ghē), Ger. Viol da gamba, violoncello.
35Knieröhre (knē'rō-rē), Ger. A pipe, or tube, bent like a knee.
36Kollektivauszug (kōl'lēk-tē'ows-tzoog), Ger. A collected selection of an author's works.
37Kollo (kōl-lō), Jap. A Japanese instrument, somewhat resembling a harp.
38Kombinationspedale (kōm'-bī-nā-tsī-ōns'-pē-dā'lē), Ger. Combination pedal. A pedal controlling a combination of organ-stops.
39Kombinationstöne (kōm'bī-nā-tsī-ōns'tō-ně), Ger. Combination tones. Resultant tones formed by the differences of two sounding tones.
40Komiker (kō'mī-kēr), Ger. A writer of burlettas; also a comic performer.
41Komisch (kō'mīsh), Ger. Comical.
42Komma (kōm'mā), Ger. Comma; a musical section or division. An interval equal to about an eighth of a diatonic step.
43Komödie (kō-mō'dī-ē), Ger. Comedy, play.
44Komponieren (kōm-pō-nē'r'n), Ger. To compose.
45Komponist (kōm'pō-nīst), Ger. A composer.
46Komposition (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōn), Ger. A composition.
47Kompositionslehre (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōns'lā-rē), Ger. The art of composition. A textbook in musical composition.
48Konservatorium (kōn-sār-vā-tō'ri-oom), Ger. A conservatory; a school of the art of music.
49Koous. A Persian drum made of brass, two feet in circumference.
50Kopfstimme (kōpf'stim-mě), Ger. Falsetto, head voice.
51Koppe! (kōp'p'l), Ger. Coupler; coupling-stop in an organ.
52Kor (kōr), Ger. } Choir, chorus. See
53Köre (kō'rē), Ger. pl. } Chor.
54Koryphæus (kō-ri-fē'ūs), Gr. Chief, or leader, of the dancers.
55Kos (kōz), Hun. A Hungarian dance.
56Kösake (kō-sā'kē). A national dance of the Cossacks.
57Kraft (krāft), Ger. Power, strength, energy.
58Kräftig (krāft'īgh),
59Kräftiglich (krāft'īgh-līkh), Ger. } Powerful, vigorous, full of energy.
60Kräftig und kurz (krāft'īgh oond koorts), Ger. Loud and detached.
61Krakoviak (krā-kō-vī-āk).
62Krakovienne (krā-kō-vī-ēn), Fr. } The Krakovienne, a Polish dance in 2-4 time, with strongly marked rhythm and much syncopated.
63Krebsgängig (krēbs'gān-gīgh), Ger. Crab-going; inverse imitation; backwards.
64Kreischend (kri'shēnd), Ger. Shrieking, screaming.
65Kreisfuge (krī'sfoo-ghē), Ger. Circulating fugue; a canon.
66Kreisleriana (krī'slā-ri-ā-nā), Ger. Like Kreisler. A series of eight piano pieces of Schumann, named after an eccentric character called Kreisler, in one of Hoffmann's novels.
67Kreistanz (krī'stānts), Ger. Dance in a circle.
68Kreuz (kroits), Ger. A sharp.
69Kreuz-doppeltes (kroits-dōp'pēl-tēs), Ger. A double sharp, × or ##.
70Kriegerisch (krē'ghēr-īsh), Ger. Warlike, martial.
71Kriegsgesang (krēgs'ghē-säng'), Ger. }
72Kriegslied (krēgs'liēd), }
73A war-song, a soldier's song.
74Kriegsspieler (krēgs'spē'lēr), Ger. A musician of a regiment.
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