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Scan 49
dictionary of music, 1896
50 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.
1Amarezza, con, It. With bitterness; with sorrow.
2Amarissimamente (ä-mä-rís-sí-mä-rén'tě), It.
3Amarissimo (ä-mä-rís'sí-mō),
4Very bitterly in a mournful, sad, and afflicted manner.
5Amaro (ä-mä'rō), It. Grief, bitterness, affliction.
6Amateur (äm-ä-tūr), Fr. One who has taste and proficiency in music, but does not practice it as a profession. As compared with an artist, an amateur is one who has learnt nothing thoroughly. Distinguished from Dilettanti, one who toys with art, and Cognoscenti, one who knows an art, but does not practice it.
7Amati. A name applied to violins made by the brothers Amati, in Italy, in the middle of the seventeenth century. They are smaller than the ordinary violin, and distinguished for their peculiar sweetness of tone.
8Ambitus (äm'bí-toos), Lat. Compass or range of sounds; also, the distance between the highest and lowest sounds.
9Ambo (äm'bō), Lat. The desk at which the canons were sung in the middle ages.
10Ambon (änh-bōnh), Fr. The ambo.
11Ambrosian chant. A series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the Church by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century, and supposed to have been borrowed from the ancient Greek music.
12Ambrosianus cantus (äm-brō-sí-ä'noos kän'-toos), Lat. Ambrosian chant.
13Ambubaje (äm-boo-bä'yě), Gr. The name of a society of strolling flute-players among the ancient Greeks.
14Ambulant (änh-bü-länh), Fr. Wandering; an itinerant musician.
15Ame (äm), Fr. The soundpost of a violin, viola, etc.
16Amen (ä'mën), Heb. "So be it." A word used as a termination to psalms, hymns, and other sacred music. one of two readings
17Amen (ä'měn), Heb. "So be it." A word used as a termination to psalms, hymns, and other sacred music. one of two readings
18Amen chorus. A chorus in which the word amen forms the principal language.
19Ameno (ä-mä'nō), It. Charming, pleasing, sweet.
20American fingering. That style of fingering in which the sign x is used to indicate the thumb in piano-playing, in distinction from the German or foreign fingering, in which the thumb is called the first finger.
21American organ. A reed instrument of the harmonium kind, differing from harmoniums in the method of the bellows (which sucks the air through the reeds, instead of expelling it through them). Also differing in tone quality, which is broader and less thin and nasal—merits due in part to the suction-bellows, in part to superior voicing of the reeds, and in part to resonance added by the hollow spaces within the case. The American organ owes its suction-bellows to the late Jeremiah Carhart, and its name and resonant cases to Mason & Hamlin. All makes of this instrument now, however, partake of its characteristic excellencies.
22A mezza aria (ä mët'sa ä'ri-ä), It. An air partly in the style of a recitative; between speaking and singing.
23A mezza voce (ä mët'sä vō'tshě, It. ) In a one of two readings
24A mezza voce (ä mët'sä vō'tshě, one of two readings
25A mezza di voce (ä mët'sä dē vō'tshe), It. soft, subdued tone; with half the power of the voice. The term is also applied to instrumental music. one of two readings
26A mezza di voce (ä mët'sä dē vō'tshe), It. } In a subdued tone; with half the power of the voice. The term is also applied to instrumental music. one of two readings
27A mezza manico (ä mët'sä mä-në'kō), It. In violin-playing, the placing the hand near the middle of the neck.
28A-moll (ä-möll), Ger. The key of A minor.
29A molto cori (a möl'tō kō'rē), It. Full choruses; a collection of choruses.
30A moncorde (ä mōnh-ō-kōrd), Fr. On one string only.
31Amore (ä-mō'rē), It. Tenderness, affection, love.
32Amore, con, It. With tenderness and affection.
33A moreesco (ä mō-rë'skō), It. In the Moorish style; in the style of a moreesco or Moorish dance.
34Amorevole (ä-mō-rā/vō-le), It. Tenderly, gentl., lovingly. one of two readings
35Amorevole (ä-mō-rā/vō-le), It. Tenderly, gently, lovingly. one of two readings
36Amorevolmente (ä-mō-rë-vōl-mën'tě), It. With extreme tenderness.
37Amorosamente (ä-mō-rō-zä-mën'tě), It. In a tender and affectionate style.
38Amoroso (ä-mō-rō'zo), It. See Amorosamente.
39Amphibrach (äm'fī-bräkh), Ger. A musical foot, comprising one short, one long, and one short note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — / —
40Amphimacer (äm'fī-mä-tsër), Gr. A musical foot, comprising one long, one short, and one long note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — / —
41Amphion (äm'fī-ōn), Gr. The most ancient Greek musician. He played upon the lyre.
42Ampollosamente (äm-pōl-lō-zä-mën'tě), It.
43Ampollosso (äm-pōl-lō'zō),
44In a bombastic and pompous manner.
45Ampoulé (änh-poo-lā), Fr. High-flown, bombastic.
46Amusement (ä-müz-män'h), Fr. A light and pleasing composition introduced as an exercise in a course of piano studies.
47Anabasis (ä-nä'bā-sīs), Gr. A succession of ascending tones.
48Anacreontic (ä-nä-krē-ōn'tīk), Gr. In the Bacchanalian or drinking style.
49Anafil (ä-nä-fēl'), Sp. A musical pipe used by the Moors.
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