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Dictionary of music, 1896
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1Alla diritta (Ital.), ascending or descending by degrees.
2Alla francese (Ital.), in the French style.
3Alla hanacca (Ital.), in the style of a hanacca (q.v.).
4Alla marcia (Ital.), in the style of a march.
5Alla mente (Ital.), extemporaneous. (v. Contrapunto alla mente.)
6Alla militare (Ital.), in the military style.
7Alla moderna (Ital.), in the modern style.
8All' antico (Ital.), in the ancient style.
9Alla Palestrina (Ital.), (1) in the noble, chaste church style of Palestrina. (2) For voices without instrumental accompaniment.
10Alla polacca (Ital.), like a polonaise.
11Alla quinta (Ital.), at, or in, the fifth.
12Allargando (Ital.), becoming broader (slower); specially used in place of ritardando (rallentando), where the tone is to be increased (agogic restraint).
13Alla scozzese (Ital.), in the Scotch style.
14Alla siciliana (Ital.), in the style of a Siciliano (q.v.).
15Alla stretta (Ital.), in the manner of a stretto (q.v.).
16Alla turca (Ital.), in the Turkish style.
17Alla zingara (Ital.), in the style of gipsy music.
18Alla zoppa (Ital.), in a limping, lame manner.
19Allegramente (Ital.), Allegro (moderato).
20Allegrettino (Ital.), (1) a short allegretto. (2) A movement not so fast as allegretto.
21Allegretto (Ital., abbr. All'et. ; diminutive of Allegro), moderately lively, a time-indication of doubtful meaning; there are Allegretti more like to Allegro (e.g. in Beethoven's Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1), whilst others have altogether an Andante character (as in the A-major Symphony).
22Allegrezza (Ital.), joyfulness.—Con allegrezza, joyfully.
23Allegri, (1) Gregorio, b. at Rome, descended from the Coreggio family, a pupil of Giov. M. Nanini, from 1629 singer in the Papal chapel, d. Feb. 18, 1662. He was the composer of the famous "Miserere" for nine voices, which is sung during Holy Week in the Sistine Chapel, and which, formerly, was not allowed to be copied; Mozart, however, once took down the notes during performance (since then it has been often published, among others by Burney and Choron). Besides this Miserere are known of A.: two books of "Concerti" (à 2 to 4), and two books of Motetti (à 2–6), while a great number of manuscripts are preserved in the Archives of Santa Maria in Vallicella, and in those of the Papal chapel.—(2) Domenico, one of the first composers who wrote a real instrumental accompaniment to vocal music (i.e. not in unison); he was maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome from 1610 to 1629. Only a few of his works (Motetti) have been preserved.
24Allegro (Ital., abbr. All'et.), one of the oldest time indications, signifies in Italian, "lively," "gay," but in the course of time has acquired the meaning of "quick," so that it is now used in connections which, with regard to the Italian significance of the word, appear pleonastic, or even void of meaning, e.g. A. giojoso ("gay-lively"), A. irato ("gay-passionate"). The old word-meaning really no longer exists. By Adagio is generally understood a slow piece, and so too the word A. has the general meaning of a piece moving in quick time. Thus, for example, the first movement of a Symphony is called an A., even though the same may have the superscription vivace or con fuoco. The superlative allegri ssimo is rare, but has a meaning somewhat similar to presto.
25Allegro di bravura (Ital.), a brilliant allegro, a quick movement full of executive difficulties.
26Allegro furioso (Ital.), quick and impetuous.
27Allemande (French, "German Dance") one of the principal movements of the old French Suite (q.v.), a kind of Prelude with skilful workmanship, of moderate, comfortable rate in 4 time, with an up-beat of a quaver or semiquaver. It was accepted under the same name by German composers at the beginning of last century, and, with naive patriotism, specially cultivated. The A. in 4 time, as a real dance, is of later origin; also a more lively dance in 3 time, common in Switzerland, is called A.
28Allen, Henry Robinson, highly esteemed English stage singer (bass), b. 1809, Cork, d. Nov. 27, 1876, Shepherd's Bush, pupil of the Royal Academy of Music.
29Allentando (Ital.). (See RALLENTANDO.)
30All' improvista (Ital.), extemporaneously.
31Alliteration (Ger. stabreim), the oldest form of rhyming in German poetry. It consisted either of an accordance of vowels on certain important syllables of a verse (assonance), or of consonants at the beginning of the syllables (man, fan; dark, drear), and not, as now, of end-rhymes.
32All' abbr. for Allegro; All' to for Allegretto.
33Almeida, Fernando d', b. about 1618, Lisbon, d. Mar. 21, 1660, entered the order of Christ, in fact into the monastery at Thobar, and in 1656 became visitor of the order. A. was one of the best scholars of Duarte Lobo, and highly esteemed by King John IV. A folio-volume in manuscript ("Lamentações responsorios e misereres dos tres officios da IV., V. e VI. feria da semana santa") is all that remains of his works.
34Almenräder, Karl, b. Oct. 3, 1786, Ronsdorf, near Düsseldorf, d. Sept. 14, 1843, Biebrich; from needy circumstances he raised himself by
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