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Dictionary of Music, Pronouncing and Defining, 1925
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1Drum major. The principal drummer in a military band; the officer directing the band.
3D.S. The initials of Dal Segno.
5Ductus (dook'toos), Lat. Melodic movement, or order of successive notes, which may be: (1) rectus, direct, i.e., ascending; (2) reversus, or revertens, reversed, i.e., descending; or (3) circumcurrens, circumcurrent, i.e., ascending and descending.
7Dudeler (doo'dlër), Ger. One who plays or sings badly.
9Dudelkasten (doo'd'l-käs-t'n), Ger. Barrel organ; a hurdygurdy.
11Dudelsack (doo'd'l-säk),
12Dudelkastensack (doo'd'l-käs-t'n-säk), Ger. }
13A bagpipe, a cornamuse, a hornpipe.
15Due (doo'ë), It. Two; in two parts.
17Due clarini (doo'ë klä-rē'nē), It. Two trumpets.
19Due corde (doo'ë kôr-dë), It. Two strings. See A due corde.
21Due cori (doo'ë kô-rï), It. Two choirs or choruses.
23Due pedali (doo'ë pë-dä/lï), It. The two pedals are to be used.
25Duet. A composition for two voices or instruments, or for two performers upon the same instrument.
27Due trombe (doo'ë trôm'bë), It. Two trumpets.
29Duet (doo-ët'), Ger. A duet.
31Duette (doo-ët'të), Ger. pl. }
32Duetti (doo-ët'tï), It. pl. }
33Duets.
35Duettino (doo-ët-të'nô), It. A short and easy duet.
37Duetto (doo-ët'tô), It. A duet.
39Due volte (doo'ë vôl'të), It. Twice.
41Dulcet. Soft, sweet, musical; an organ-stop.
43Dulcian (dül-së-än'h'), Fr. A small bassoon. See Dolciano. A dulciana stop.
45Dulciana stop. An 8-feet organ-stop; of a soft and sweet quality of tone.
47Dulciana principal. A 4-feet organ-stop of delicate tone.
49Dulcimer. A very ancient instrument whose principal parts are a wooden frame, a soundboard with one or several sound-holes, two bridges, and appliances for the fastening and tuning of the wire strings with which it is strung. A dulcimer is played upon with two hammers.
51Dumb spinnet. Another name for the clavichord.
53Dumpf (doompf), Ger. }
54Dumpfig (doomp'fig), Ger. }
55Of a dull, hollow, muffled sound.
57Dumpfigkeit (doomp'fig-kit), Ger. Hollowness, dullness of sound.
59Duo (doo'ō), It. Two; in two parts; a composition for two voices or instruments; a duet.
61Duo concertante (doo'ō kôn-tshër-tän'të), It. A duo in which each part is alternately principal and subordinate.
63Duodecima (doo-ō-dä'tshï-mä), It. }
64Duodecimo (doo-ō-dä'tshï-mô), It. }
65The twelfth; the twelfth note from the tonic; the name is also applied to an organ-stop tuned a twelfth above the diapasons.
67Duodecima acuta (doo-ō-dä'tsï-mä ä-koo'tï), Lat. A twelfth above.
69Duodecima gravi (doo-ō-dä'tsï-mä grä'vë), Lat. A twelfth below.
71Duodecimole (doo-ō-dä-tshï-mô'lë), It. A musical phrase, formed by a group of twelve notes.
73Duodramma (doo-ō dräm'mä), It. Duodrama. A dramatic piece for two performers; more especially a spoken drama with musical accompaniments, a kind of melodrama (q. v.).
75Duoi (doo-ō'ë), It. Two.
77Duole. A group of two notes to fill the time of three of the same denomination, as in 6-8 measure two eighth-notes with a figure 2 to occupy the time of three eighth-notes:
79equal to
81Duolo (doo-ō'lō), It. Sorrow, sadness, grief.
83Duomo (doo-ō'mô), It. A cathedral.
85Dupla (doo-plä), Lat. Double.
87Duple time. Double time.
89Duplex longa (doo'plëx lôn'gä), Lat. Maxima, one of the notes in the old system of music.
91Duplication. Doubling; where one or more of the intervals of a chord are repeated in different parts.
93Duplo (doo-plō), It. Double.
95Dur (door), Ger. Major, in speaking of keys and modes; as, C-dur, C major.
97Dur (dûr), Fr. Hard, harsh of tone. Major, as distinguished from minor.
99Duramente (doo-rä-më'n'të), It. Harshly, roughly; also meaning that the passage is to be played in a firm, bold style, and strongly accented.
101Durate (doo-rä'të), It. Hard, rough; also implying false relations in harmony.
103Durchcomponiren (doorkh'kôm – pô – nê'r'n), Ger. Lit., "to compose through." A durchcomponirtes Lied, "a through-composed song," is a song of which each verse has a setting of its own, whilst in other songs one setting serves for all verses.
105Durchdringend (doorkh'-drïng'ënd), Ger. Penetrating, piercing.
107Durchdringende Stimme (doorkh'-drïng'-ën-dë stim'më), Ger. A shrill voice or tone.
109Durchführung (doorkh'-fïi-roong), Ger. Development. Generally applied to the free fantasia serving for middle part of the main movement in sonatas and other serious movements.
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