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Dictionary of music, 1900
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1la Tour (q.v.), which, recently, has been still further improved by Dove (double-siren).
3Sirventes, certain songs of the Troubadours, not addressed to the beloved one of their heart, but to their princely patrons and sovereigns; in these they either sang the praise of the latter or poured forth lamentations over misfortune ("Rügelieder").
5Sister (Fr. cistre), a kind of guitar, 16-17 century. (See ZITHER.)
7Sistrum, an old Egyptian instrument of percussion which in the temple service played a rôle similar to that of the sacristan's bell in the Catholic ritual.
9Sitt, Hans, b. Sept. 21, 1850, Prague, son of the violin maker, Anton Sitt, pupil of the Conservatorium there (Bennewitz, Mildner, Kittl, and Krejci), in 1867 leader at Breslau, from 1870-73 capellmeister at the Breslau and Prague theatres, from 1873-80 town capellmeister at Chemnitz, and afterwards conductor of the private band of Baron P. von Dervies in Nice until its dissolution. S. then started the "Popular Concerts" at the Crystal Palace, Leipzig; in 1883, teacher at the royal Conservatorium, Leipzig, member of the Brodsky Quartet Party (viola), in 1885 he succeeded Herzogenberg as conductor of the Bach Society. S. has published songs, pf. pieces, and 2 concertos for violins.
11Sittard, Josef, writer on music, b. June 4, 1846, Aix-la-Chapelle; from 1868-72 pupil of the Conservatorium at Stuttgart, soon after which he was appointed teacher of singing and piano-forte at that institution. From 1883-84 he gave lectures on the history of music, and in 1885 succeeded Ludw. Meinardus as musical critic of the Hamburg Korrespondent. In 1891 the Duke of Coburg bestowed on him the title of Professor. S. published, besides many articles, some of them of an elaborate kind, for special papers, others for the Korrespondent (of these a selection was published in 1889, as "Studien und Charakteristiken"), "Kompendium der Geschichte der Kirchenmusik" (1881); "Zur Einführung in die Geschichte und Aesthetik der Musik" (1885); "Eine kritische Rückschau auf das erste Stuttgarter Musikfest" (1885); "Jongleurs und Menestrels" (1885); also sketches of the lives of Mendelssohn and Rossini for Waldersee's "Vortragssammlung"; a "Geschichte des Musik- und Konzertwesens in Hamburg" (1890), and a "Geschichte der Oper am Hofe zu Stuttgart" (1st vol. 1890, 2nd vol. 1891). Some of his songs and sacred choruses have appeared in print.
13Sivori, Ernesto Camillo, famous performer on the violin, b. Oct. 25, 1815, Genoa, d. there Feb. 18, 1894. He was a musical infant prodigy at the age of six; and Paganini himself condescended to give him instruction, and wrote for him a concertino and 6 violin sonatas with guitar, viola, and 'cello. At the age of ten S. began his concert tours, and continued them all his life. The unfortunate loss of his savings prevented him from retiring betimes from active life, for which, however, he had little inclination. S. published 2 violin concertos, a fantaisie caprice for violin and orchestra, 2 duos concertants for pf. and violin.
15Six-five, chord of, an abbreviation in thorough-bass for the chord of six-five-three, i.e. a chord consisting of a third, fifth, and sixth, together with the fundamental note; for instance, 5 = B, d, f g. According to the system of inversion of chords, the six-five chord is the second position of the chord of the seventh (see SEVENTH, CHORD OF THE).
17Six-four, chord of, a term used in thorough-bass figuring, which, quite generally, means that over a bass note marked 4, its fourth and sixth must be taken (according to the signature of the key). Thus, in the key of c major, 4 means f : b : d. As a rule, when reference is made to the chord of 4, to the careful manner in which it must be introduced, and to its characteristic meaning, the major or the minor chord in that inversion which has the 5th as bass note (3rd position) is meant. If this position is arrived at by the bass moving by degrees, and if it occurs on an unaccented part of the bar, there is nothing special to note about it; but if, on the other hand, the bass leaps to the note, then—especially if this takes place on an accented beat—the chord can receive a different interpretation: it can appear as dissonance, and, indeed, as a double dissonance of suspension (4th and 6th before 3rd and 5th), and demands corresponding treatment. (Cf. DISSONANCE.)
19Sixth (Lat. sexta; Ger. Sexte), the sixth diatonic degree. The S. is either major, minor, or augmented. (Cf. INTERVAL.) Special terms in harmony are the Neapolitan S. (q.v.) and the Dorian S. (See DORIAN; cf. also FRENCH SIXTH and GERMAN SIXTH.)
21Skroup (Skraup), (1) Franz, composer, b. June 3, 1801, Wositz (near Pardubitz), d. Feb. 7, 1862, Rotterdam; he attended the Gymnasium at Königgrätz, and studied jurisprudence at Prague; but at the same time he so developed his musical talents that instead of pursuing the career of a lawyer, he became in 1827 second capellmeister at the subsidised theatre at Prague; in 1860 he became capellmeister at the Opera in Rotterdam. S. wrote a number of Bohemian operas, also incidental music to plays, overtures, etc., and Bohemian songs which became popular.
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