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Dictionary Of Music, 1896
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1Con volubilita (kôn vô loo-bê-li-tâ'), It. With volubility, with fluency and freedom of performance.
2Con zelo (kôn tsâ'lô), It. With zeal.
3Con 8va. An abbreviation of Con ottava.
4Con 8va ad libitum. With octaves at pleasure.
5Coperto (kô-pêr'tô), It. Covered, muffled.
6Coppelflöte (kôp'f'l-flô-tê), Ger. Coupling-flute; an organ-stop of the clarabella or stopped diapason species, intended to be used in combination with some other stop.
7Copula (kô'poo-lâ), It. A coupler. An arrangement by which two rows of keys can be connected together, or the keys connected with the pedals.
8Copyright. The exclusive right of an author or his representative to print, publish, or sell his work during a specified term of years.
9Cor. An abbreviation of Cornet.
10Cor (kôr), Fr. A horn, commonly called the French horn.
11Corale (kô-râ'lê), It. Choral; the plain chant.
12Cor anglais (kôr än-glâs), Fr. "English horn." This instrument is a large-sized oboe, with a compass from e to a". But as the cor anglais is a transposing instrument, and sounds a perfect fifth lower than the notes written for it, these latter extend from b to e".
13Corante (kô-rân'tê), It. A slow dance in 3-2 or 3-4 time.
14Corda (kôr'dâ), It. A string; una corda, one string. Used to denote the soft pedal on the piano, as against tre corde, three strings, or the full power of the instrument.
15Cordatura (kôr-dâ-too'râ), It. The scale or series of notes by which the strings of any instrument are tuned.
16Corde (kôrd), Fr. A string.
17Corde à boyau (kôrd à bwâ-yô), Fr. Catgut; strings for the violin, harp, etc.
18Corde à jour (kôrâ à zhoo), Fr. An open string on the violin, viola, etc.
19Cor de chasse (kôr'dûh shâss), Fr. The hunting horn; the French horn.
20Corde de luth (kôrd dûh loot), Fr. A lute-string.
21Corde fausse (kôrd fôss), Fr. A false or dissonant string.
22Cor de postillon (kôr dûh pôs-têl-yônh), Fr. Postillion's horn.
23Cordes de Naples (kôrd dûh Nä-pl), Fr. The strings imported from Naples for the violin, harp, etc.
24Cor de signal (kôr dûh sên-yâl), Fr. A bugle.
25Cor de vaches (kôr dû vâ-shâ), Fr. The cowboy's horn.
26Corde vulide (kôrd vwêd), Fr. An open string on the violin, viola, etc.
27Cordiera (kôr-dî-â'râ), It. The tailpiece of a violin, viola, etc.
28Cordon de sonnette (kôr-dôn dûh sôn-nât), Fr. A bellrope.
29Coreografia (kô-rê-ô-grâ-fê'â), It. The method of describing the figures of a dance.
30Coriambus (kô-ri-âm'boos), Gr. In ancient poetry, a foot consisting of four syllables, the first and last long and the others short.
31Corifeo (kô-ri-fê'ô), It. The leader of the dances in a ballet.
32Corista (kô-rês'tâ), It. A chorister.
33Cormorne. A soft-toned horn; also a reed-stop in English organs. See Cremona.
34Corn (kôrn), Wel. A horn.
35Cornamusa (kôr-nâ-moo'zâ), It. A species of bagpipe.
36Cornamute A wind instrument, a species of bagpipe.
37Cornare (kôr-nâ'rê), It. To sound a horn or cornet.
38Corne (kôrn), Fr. A horn.
39Corne de chasse (kôrn dûh shâss), Fr. See Cor de chasse.
40Cornemuse (kôr-nûh-mûz), Fr. Bagpipes.
41Cornet. (1) An obsolete wind instrument, generally made of wood, of which there were several kinds, of different sizes. (V. Cornetto.) (2) The name of several organ-stops, generally mixtures of 3 to 5 ranks. (3) A brass instrument of the trumpet family. (V. Cornet à pistons.)
42Corneta. A name sometimes applied to a reed-stop in an organ of 16-feet scale.
43Cornet à bouquin (kôr-nêt à loo'kânh), Fr. Cornet; bugle horn.
44Cornet à pistons (kôr-nêt à pês-tônh), Fr. A brass instrument of the trumpet family with valves (q. v.), by means of which a chromatic scale can be produced. It is usually in the key of Bb, and has one or more crooks (A, Ab, G), and, therefore, the notes written for it (from f# to c") sound a tone, minor third, major third, or perfect fourth lower. The soprano cornet is in the key of Eb. Cornets in other keys are also to be met with, but are less common than those above mentioned.
45Cornet dreifach (kôr-nêt' üri'fâkh), Ger. Cornet with three ranks, in German organs.
46Cornett (kôr-nêt'), Ger. A cornet.
47Cornetta (kôr-nêt'tâ), It. A cornet.
48Cornetica (kôr-nâ'ti-kâ), Sp. A small cornet.
49Cornettino (kôr-nêt-tê'niô), It. A cornet.
50Cornetto (kôr-nêt'tô), It. A cornet.
51Corni (kôr'nê), It. pl. The horns.
52Cornist. A performer on the cornet or horn.
53Corniste (kôr-nîst'), Fr. A player upon the horn.
54Corno (kôr'nô), It. A horn.
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