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Scan 76
dictionary of music, 1896
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1CHA
3Chanter à livre ouvert (shänh-tä' ä lëvr oo-vä'r'), Fr. To sing at sight.
4Chanter à pleine voix (shänh-tä' ä plän vwä'), Fr. To be in full voice.
5Chanter, arch. The chief chanter, the leader of the chants.
6Chanterelle (shänh-të-rël), Fr. Treble string; the smallest string of the violin.
7Chanteres (shänh-të-rë), Fr. The singers of songs and ballads in the tenth and following centuries.
8Chanteur (shänh-tûr'), Fr. A singer.
9Chanteur des rues (shänh-tûr dë rü'), Fr. A street singer.
10Chanterie (shänh-trë'), Fr. Institutions established and endowed for the purpose of singing the souls of the founders out of purgatory. A church or chapel endowed with revenue for the purpose of saying mass daily for the souls of the donors.
11Chant pastorale (shänht päs-tô-räl'), Fr. A pastoral song.
12Chantry priests. Priests selected to sing in the chantry.
13Chanteuse (shänh-tüs'), Fr. A female vocalist.
14Chant funèbre (shänh fü-näbr), Fr. Dirge, a funeral song.
15Chant sur le livre (shänh soor lüh lëvr), Fr. A barbarous kind of counterpoint, or descant, as it was termed, performed by several voices, each singing extempore. An extemporaneous counterpoint added by one or more singers to the canto fermo sung by others. It is identical with contrapunto alla mente.
16Chant, Phrygian. A chant intended to excite the hearers to fury and rage.
17Chant, Roman. The Gregorian chant.
18Chant sacre (shänh tsäkr), Fr. Sacred music. one of two readings
19Chant sacré (shänh tsäkr), Fr. Sacred music. one of two readings
20Chantor. A singer in a cathedral choir.
21Chantre (shäntr), Fr. A chorister, a chanter, a singing boy.
22Chapeau chinois (shä-pô' shē-nwä'), Fr. A crescent, or set of small bells, used in military music.
23Chapelle (shäp-ël'), Fr. A chapel. See Capella.
24Characteristic chord. The leading, or principal, chord.
25Characteristic note. A leading note. The fourth and seventh from the tonic.
26Characters. A general name for musical signs.
27Charakterstücke (kä-räc-t'r-stük'ë), Ger. Characteristic pieces. Pieces descriptive of moods, impressions, and events.
28Charivari (shä-rï-vä'ri), Fr. Noisy music, made with tin dishes, horns, bells, etc.; clatter; a mock serenade.
30DICTIONARY OF MUSIC
32Charlatan (shär-lä-tän'h'), Fr. A quack; an imposter; a superficial artist who makes great pretensions, which are not justified in performance.
33Chasse (shäss), Fr. Hunting; in the hunting style.
34Chatsoteroth (kät-sô'të-rôth), Heb. } The silver trumpet of the ancient Hebrews.
35Catzozerath (kät-zô-zë'râth), Heb. }
36Che (kâ), It. Than, that, which.
37Che chi (kâ kë). One of the eight species into which the Chinese divide their musical sounds.
38Chef (shäf), Fr. Leader, chief.
39Chef-d'attaque (shä-dät-täk), Fr. The leader, or principal first-violin performer; also the leader of the chorus.
40Chef-d'œuvre (shä-doovr), Fr. A masterpiece, a capital performance; the principal, or most important, composition of an author.
41Chef-d'orchestre (shä-dör-këstr), Fr. The leader of an orchestra.
42Cheipour, Per. A Persian trumpet used in military service.
43Chelys (kä-lïs), Gr. A species of lute, or viol.
44Cheng chi (këng kë). One of the eight species into which the Chinese divide their musical sounds.
45Cherubical hymn. A hymn of great importance in the service of the Holy Communion. "Holy, holy, holy," etc.
46Chest of viols. An old expression applied to a set of viols, two of which were basses, two tenors, and two trebles, each with six strings. These instruments were particularly adapted to those compositions called fantasias.
47Chest tone. } The lowest register of the voice.
48Chest voice. }
49Chest, wind. A reservoir in an organ for holding the air, which is conveyed from thence into the pipes by means of the wind trunks and channels.
50Chevalet (shäv-ä-lä'), Fr. The bridge of a violin, viola, etc.
51Cheville (shë-vël'), Fr. The peg of a violin, viola, etc.
52Chevrotement (shë-vrôt-mõnh), Fr. A tremor or shake in singing.
53Chevroter (shë-vrô-tä'), Fr. To sing with a trembling voice; to make a bad or false shake.
54Chiara (kë-ä'rä), It. } Clear, brilliant, pure as to tone.
55Chiaro (kë-ä'rô), It. }
56Chiaramente (kë-ä-rä-më'n'të), It. Clearly, brightly, purely.
57Chiarentana (kë-ä-rë-n-tä'nä), It. An Italian country dance.
58Chiarezza (kë-ä-rë't'sä), It. Clearness, neatness, purity.
59Chiarina (kë-ä-rë't a), It. A clarion.
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