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Dictionary Of Music, 1896
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1reeds fastened in a frame and played upon by the breath of the performer. Perhaps the ancestor of the modern "jew's-harp."
3Aequal (ä-kwäl'), Ger., from Lat. Generally applied to organ-stops, in which use it signifies "8 ft."
5Aeolsklavier (ä-öls-klä-veer'), Ger. Æolian piano. An obsolete keyboard wind instrument, invented in 1825 by Schortmann, of Buttlestedt. It had reeds of wood instead of metal, by the vibration of which a soft, pleasing tone was produced.
7Æquisonans (ä-qui-sō'nāns), Lat. A unison; of the same or like sound.
9Æquisonus. Sounding in unison; concordant.
11Ære recurvo (ä-rē rē-coor'vō), Lat. A military wind instrument resembling a trumpet; the bucena.
13Ærophone (ē-rō-fōn). A French reed instrument of the melodeon class.
15Æsthetics (ēs-thēt'iks), Gr. The principles or laws of the beautiful. The chief writers upon this department of philosophy have been Germans, the foremost being Winkelmann, Herder, and Hegel. The latter made the most ambitious attempt to discover the principles of the musically beautiful. Among recent writers, Schopenhauer is to be mentioned as having gone into this subject more deeply and in a more successful manner than any of the others.
17Aeusserste Stimmen (ois'sērs-tē stīm'mēn), Ger. pl. The extreme parts.
19Ævia (ä-vi-ā), It. An abbreviation of the word Alleluia.
21Affabile (ä-fä-bil-lē), It. In a courteous and pleasing manner.
23Affabilita (ä-fä-bē-bil-tā), Affabilmente (ä-fä-bil mēn'tē), It. } With ease and elegance; with freedom; in a pleasing and agreeable manner.
25Affanato (ä-fā-nā'tō), It. Sad, mournful, distressed.
27Affanoso (ä-fā-nō'sō), It. With mournful expression.
29Affectation. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real.
31Affectirt (ä-fēk-tīrt'), Ger. With affectation.
33Affectueux (ä-fēk-tū-ūh), Fr. Affectionate.
35Affect. An abbreviation of Affettuoso.
37Affettatamente (ä-fēt-tā-tā-mēn'tē), It. Very affectedly.
39Affettazione (ä-fēt-tā-tā-tān'tē), It. An artificial style.
41Affettivo (ä-fēt-tē'vō), It. Affecting, pathetic.
43Affetto (ä-fēt'tō), It. Feeling, tenderness, pathos.
45Affettuosamente (ä-fēt-too-ō-zā-mēn'tē), It. With tenderness and feeling.
47Affettuosissimo (ä-fēt-too-ō-sēs'sī-mō), It. With pathos; with tender expression. Superlative of Affettuoso.
49Affettuoso (ä-fēt-too-ō'zō), It. With tender feeling or emotion.
51Affettuoso di molto (ä-fēt-too-ō'zō dē mōl'tō), It. With much feeling.
53Affiche de comèdie (ä-fish dūh kō-mē-dē), Fr. A playbill.
55Affilas (or ǐlas) il tuono (ä-fē-lās ēl too-ō'uō), It. To sustain a sound with steadiness.
57Affinity. A quality possessed by those chords that admit of an easy and natural progression from one to the other.
59Afflitto (ä-flē'tō), Afflizione (ä-flē-tsī-ō'nē), It. } Sorrowfully, with mournful expression.
61Affreto. An abbreviation of Affrettando.
63Affrettando (ä-frēt-tan'dō), It. } Hurrying, quickening, accelerating the time.
65Affrettato (ä-frēt-tā'tō), It. Quick, accelerated, hurried.
67A fofa (ä fō-fā), Por. A Portuguese dance resembling the fandango.
69After note. A small note occurring on an unaccented part of the measure, and taking its time from the note preceding it.
71After notes, double. Two after notes taking their time from the preceding note.
73Agevole (ä-jā/vō-lē), Agevolmente (ä-jē-vōl-mēn'tē), It. } Lightly, easily, with agility.
75Agevolezza (ä-jē-vō-lē'tsā), It. Lightness, ease, agility.
77Aggiustamente (äd-joos-tā-mēn tē), It. In strict time.
79Aggiustare (äd-joos-tā're), It. } Adjusted, arranged, adapted.
81Aggiustato (äd-joos-tā'tō), It. Aggravar la fugue (äg-grā-vā lä fūg), Fr. To augment the subject of fugue.
83Agilita (ä-jē'lī-tā), It. Lightness, agility.
85Agilita, con. It. With agility, with lightness, with rapidity
87Agilmente (ä-jēl-mēn'tē), It. Nimbly gay.
89Agiren (ä-ghēr'n), Ger. To act to mimic.
91Agitamento (ä-jī-tā-mēn'tō), It. Agitation, restlessness, motion.
93Agitato (ä-jī-tā'tō), It. Agitated, hurried, restless.
95Agitato allegro (ä-jī-tā'tō äl-lē'grō), It. An allegro which is not steadily held, but is nervous, unsteady, and unreposeful.
97Agitato con passione (ä-jī-tā'tō kōn pās-sī-ō'nē), It. Passionately agitated.
99Agite (ä-zhēt), Fr. Agitated.
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