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Dictionary of Music (Pronouncing and Defining), 1896
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1Maitre (mětr), Fr. A master, a director.
2Maitre de chapelle (mětr dūh shǎ-pěll), Fr. Chapelmaster; director of the choir.
3Maitre de musique (mětr dūh mü-zēk), Fr. Musical director.
4Majesta (mä'yěz-tā), It. Majesty, dignity.
5Majesté (mä-zhěs-tā), Fr. Majesty, dignity.
6Majestueux (mä-zhěs-tū-ūh), Fr. Majestic.
7Majeur (mä-zhūr), Fr. Major; major key.
8Major. Greater, in respect to intervals, scales, etc.
9Major diatonic scale. That scale in which the semitones fall between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth tones, both in ascending and descending.
10Major seventh. An interval consisting of five tones and a semitone.
11Major sixth. A sixth composed of four tones and a semitone.
12Major third. An interval containing two whole tones or steps.
13Major tonic. A major scale.
14Major triad. A union of any sound with its major third and perfect fifth.
15Malagueña (mä-lā-gwoo-ān'yā), Sp. A fan-dango.
16Malanconia (mä-län-kō-nē'ā), Malenconico (mä-lēn-kō'nī-kō), It. Melancholy, sadness.
17Malincolico (mä-līn-kō'li-kō), Malinconia (mä-līn-kō-nē'ā), It. Melancholy.
18Malinconicamente (mä-līn-kō-nī-kä-měn'tē), It. In a melancholy style.
19Malinconico (mä-līn-kō'nī-kō), Malinconioso (mä-līn-kō-nī-ō'zō), Malinconoso (mä-līn-kō-nō'zō), It. In a melancholy style.
20Mama (mä-mā), It. In drum music a term indicating the right hand.
21Manager. One who undertakes the labor of getting up concerts and concer't tours.
22Manca (män'kä), It. The left.
23Mancando (män-kän'dō), It. Decreasing, dying away.
24Manche (män-sh), Fr. The neck of a violin or other instrument.
25Mandola (män-dō'lā), It. A mandoline, or cither, of the size of a large lute.
26Mandoline. An Italian fretted guitar, so called from its almond, or pear, shape. There are several varieties. The Neapolitan, considered the most perfect, has four strings tuned like the violin, G, D, A, E. The Milanese, next in favor, has five double strings, tuned G, C, A, D, E. A plectrum is used by the right hand, and the left is employed in stopping the strings.
27Mandolino (män-dō-lě'nō), It. A mandolin.
28Mandora. A small kind of lute, or guitar, Mandore with frets and seven gut strings, three of which are duplicates.
29Manico (mä'nī-kō), It. The neck of the violin, guitar, etc.
30Manichord. Originally an instrument with but one string; subsequently a stringed instrument resembling a spinet, or harpsichord.
31Manichordiendraht (mä-nī-kōr'dī-ěn-drāht), Ger. Wire for the manichord or clavichord.
32Maniera (mä-nī-ā'rā), It. Manner, style.
33Maniere (män-ī-ā'r), Fr. Manner, style.
34Maniera affettata (mä-nī-ā'rā af-fět-tā'tā), It. An affected style, or delivery.
35Maniera languida (mä-nī-ā'rā lān'gwī-dā), It. A languid, sleepy style.
36Manieren (mä-nē'r'n), Ger. pl. Graces, embellishments, ornaments.
37Männerchor (män'nēr-kōr), Ger. A choir of male voices.
38Mannerism. Adherence to the same manner; the constant use of an ever-recurring set of phases; adherence to the same style without freedom or variety.
39Männliche Stimme (män'likh-ě stīm'mě), Ger. A manly voice.
40Mano (mä'nō), It. The hand.
41Mano destra (mä'nō dā'strā), Mano diritta (mä'nō dī-rět'tā), Mano dritta (mä'nō drět'tā), It. The right hand.
42Mano sinistra (mä'nō sī-něs'trā), It. The left hand.
43Manual. The keyboard for the hands.
44Manual (mä-noo-ā'l'), Ger. Manual.
45Manuale (mä-noo ā'lě), Lat. Manual.
46Manuale (mä-noo-ā'lě), It. Manual.
47Manualiter (mä-noo-ā'l'i-těr), Ger. Manually; that is, with the hands alone, without pedals. Organ music.
48Manualkoppel (mä-noo-āl-kōp'p'l), Ger. A coupler, by means of which a key, or a set of keys, is connected with another set.
49Manualmente (mä-noo-āl-měu'tě), It. Manually.
50Manualuntersatz (mä-noo-āl'oontěr-sātz), Ger. An organ-stop of 32-feet tone, with stopped pipes: the subbourdon.
51Manubrio (mä-noo'bri-ō), It. The handle, or knob, by which a stop is drawn in an organ.
52Marcando (mär-kän'dō), Marcato (mär-kā'tō), It. Marked, accentuated, well pronounced.
53Marcatissimo (mär-kā-tē'sī-mō), It. Very strongly marked.
54Marcato la melodia (mär-kā-tō lä mě-lō'dī-ā), It. The melody in a marked style.
55March. A musical composition intended to accompany marching, more especially of soldiers. There are two kinds of marches—the quick march, or quickstep, and the slow, or processional, march. Slow marches may be divided into festal and funeral marches. These two last-named species are much more solemn and dignified in
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