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Dictionary of Music (Pronouncing and Defining), 1896
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2DICTIONARY OF MUSIC.
4Canterino (kän-tě-rě'nō), It. A singer; a chanter.
6Cantica (kän'tĭ-kă), It.
7Canticae (kän'tĭ-tsā), Lat.
8Cantici (kän'tĭ-tshē), It. pl.
9Cantico (kän-tě'kō), Sp.
11Canti carnascialeschi (kän'tē căr-näs-tshĭ-ă-lĕs-kē), It.
12Canti charnevali (kän'tē kăr-nĕ-vă'lē), It.
13Songs of the carnival week.
15Canticle. A sacred hymn, or song. (2) A canto, a division of a song.
17Cantico (kän'tĭ-kō), It.
18Canticum (kän'tĭ-koom), Lat.
19A canticle.
21Cantillate (kän'tĭl-lā'tē). To chant, to recite with musical tones.
23Cantillation. A chanting, a recitation with musical modulations.
25Cantillatio (kän-tĭl-lā-tsĭ'ō), Lat. A singing style of declamation.
27Cantilena (kän-tĭ-lā'nă), It. The melody, air, or principal part in any composition; generally the highest vocal part.
29Cantilena scotica (kän-tĭ-lā'nă skō'tĭ-kă), It. A Scotch air or tune.
31Cantilene (kän-tĭ-lā'nĕ), It. A cantilena.
33Cantino (kän-tē'nō), It. The smallest string of the violin, guitar, etc.
35Cantio (kän'tsĭ-ō), Lat. A song.
37Cantique (kăn-h-tēk'), Fr. A canticle, or hymn of praise.
39Cantique des cantiques (kăn-h-tēk' dĕ kăn-h-tēk'), Fr. Solomon's Song.
41Canto (kän'tō), It. (1) A song, a melody. (2) The art of singing. (3) The highest part in concerted music. (4) The soprano voice. (5) The highest string of an instrument. (V. Cantino.)
43Canto a cappella (ä käp-pĕl'lă), It. Vocal church music without instrumental accompaniment.
45Canto Ambrosiano (äm-brō-zĭ-ă'nō), It. Ambrosian chant.
47Canto armonico (kän'tō ār-mō'nĭ-kō), It. A part-song for two, three, or more voices.
49Canto clef. The C clef when placed on the first line.
51Canto concertante (kän'tō kŏn-tshĕr-tăn'tĕ), It. The treble of the principal concerting parts.
53Canto cromatico (kän'tō krō-mă'tĭ-kō), It. Chromatic vocal music.
55Canto fermo (kän'tō făr'mō), It. A chant or melody. (2) Choral singing in unison on a plain melody. (3) Any subject consisting of a few long, plain notes, given as a theme for counterpoint.
57Canto figurato (kän'tō fē-goo-ră'tō), It. A figured melody.
59Canto fioritto (kän'tō fē-ō-rēt'tō), It. A song in which many ornaments are introduced.
61Canto funebre (kän'tō foo-nā'brē), It. A funeral song.
63Canto Gregoriano (kän'tō grē-gō-rĭ-ă'nō), It. The Gregorian chant.
65Canto llano (kän'tō lyă'nō), Sp.
66Canto plano (kän'tō plă-nō), It.
67The plain chant or song.
69Canto necessario (kän'tō nā-tchĕs-nă'ri-ō), It. A term indicating those parts that are to sing through the whole piece.
71Canto primo (kän'tō prē'mō), It. The first treble or soprano.
73Cantor (kän-tōr'), It. A singer, a chanter.
75Cantor (kän-tōr),
76Cantor choralis (kän-tōr kō-ră'lĭs), Lat.
77A precentor; a leader of the choir.
79Cantorate (kän-tō-ră'tĕ), It. A leading singer of a choir.
81Cantore (kän-tō'rĕ), It. A singer, a chanter, a poet.
83Canto recitativo (kän-tō rā-tshĭ-tă-tē'vō), It. Recitative, declamatory singing.
85Cantorei (kän-tō-ri'), Ger. The dwelling-house of the cantor. (2) A class of the choristers in the public school.
87Cantoren (kän-tō'r'n), Ger. Chanters, a choir of singers.
89Canto ripieno (kän'tō rē-pĭ-ă'nō), It. The treble of the grand chorus; the part that sings or plays only in the grand chorus.
91Cantoris (kän-tō'ris), Lat. A term used in cathedral music to indicate the passages intended to be sung by those singers who are placed on that side of the choir where the cantor or precentor sits. This is usually on the left-hand side on entering the choir from the nave.
93Canto rivoltato (kän'tō rē-vŏl-tă'tō), It. The treble changed.
95Canto secondo (kän'tō sĕ-kŏn'dō), It. The second treble.
97Canto simplice (kän'tō sĭm-plē'tshĕ), It. A plain song.
99Cantrice (kän-trē'tshĕ), It.
100Cantrix (kän'trĭks), Lat.
101A female singer; a songstress.
103Cantus (kän'toos), Lat. A song, a melody; also the treble, or soprano part.
105Cantus Ambrosianus (kän'toos ām-brō-sĭ-ă'-noos), Lat. The four chants, or melodies, introduced into the Church by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century, and which are supposed to be derived from ancient Greek melodies.
107Cantus figuratus (kän'toos fē-goo-ră'toos), Lat. Embellished or figurative chants or melodies.
109Cantus firmus (kän'toos fir'moos), Lat. The plain song or chant. See Canto fermo.
111Cantus Gregorianus (kän'toos grē-gō-rĭ-ă'-noos), Lat. Those four chants, or melodies, introduced into the Church by St. Gregory, and which, with the Ambrosian chants, formed a series of eight modes, or tones, as they were called.
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