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Dictionary of Music, Pronouncing and Defining, 1925
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1Klappenhorn (kläp'p'n-hōrn), Ger. A keyed horn.
2Klapptrompete (kläp-trōm-pā'tē), Ger. A keyed trumpet.
3Klar (klär), Ger. Clear, bright.
4Klarheit (klär'hīt), Ger. Clearness, plainness.
5Klarinette (klār'i-nět-tě), Ger. A clarinet.
6Klärlich (klār'līkh), Ger. Clearly, distinctly.
7Klassisch (klā'sīsh), Ger. Classical, of high rank. Approved. one of two readings
8Klassisch (klā's'sīsh), Ger. Classical, of high rank. Approved. one of two readings
9Klausel (klou'zel), Ger. A close; a regular section of a movement.
10Klavier (klä-fēr'), Ger. Pianoforte; harpsichord. See Clavier.
11Klavierauszug (klä-fēr'ows-tzoog), Ger. Edition for pianoforte. An arrangement of a score for pianoforte.
12Klaviersonaten (klä-fēr'sō-nā-těn), Ger. Pianoforte sonata.
13Klavierspieler (klä-fēr-spē'ler), Ger. Pianoforte-player.
14Klein (klīn), Ger. Minor, speaking of intervals.
15Kleinbass (klīn'bāss),
16Kleinbassgeige (klīn'bāss-gī-gě), Ger. } Violoncello.
17Kleinlaut (klin'lout), Ger. Small or low in tone or voice.
18Klingbar (klīng'bār), Ger. Resonant, sonorous.
19Klingel (klīng'ēl), Ger. A bell.
20Klingeln (klīng-ēln), Ger. To ring or sound a small bell; to jingle.
21Klingen (klīng'ēn), Ger. } Sonorous, resonant, ringing.
22Klingend (klīng'ēnd), Ger. }
23Klinggedicht (klīng'gē-dīkht), Ger. Sonnet.
24Klingklang (klīng'klāng), Ger. Tinkling, bad music.
25Klingspiel (klīng'spēl), Ger. The sound or noise of instruments.
26Klutter (kloot'tēr), Ger. A bird-call.
27Knabenstimme (knä'běn-stim'mě), Ger. A boy's voice, counter tenor.
28Knee-stop.
29Knell. The tolling of a bell at a death or funeral.
30Kniegeige (knē'gī-ghě), Ger. Viol da gamba, violoncello.
31Knieröhre (knē'rō-rě), Ger. A pipe, or tube, bent like a knee.
32Kollectivauszug (kōl'lēk-tē'ows-tzoog), Ger. A collected selection of an author's works.
33Kollo (kōl-lō), Jap. A Japanese instrument, somewhat resembling a harp.
34Kombinationspedale (kōm'-bī-nā-tsī-ōns'-pě-dā'lě), Ger. Combination pedal. A pedal controlling a combination of organ-stops. one of two readings
35Kombinationspedale (kōm'-bī-nā-tsī-ōns'-pē-dā'lě), Ger. Combination pedal. A pedal controlling a combination of organ-stops. one of two readings
36Kombinationstöne (kōm'bī-nā-tsī-ōns'tō-ně), Ger. Combination tones. Resultant tones formed by the differences of two sounding tones.
37Komiker (kō'mī-kěr), Ger. A writer of burlettas; also a comic performer.
38Komisch (kō'mīsh), Ger. Comical.
39Komma (kōm'mā), Ger. Comma; a musical section or division. An interval equal to about an eighth of a diatonic step.
40Komödie (kō-mō'dī-ě), Ger. Comedy, play.
41Komponieren (kōm-pō-ně'r'n), Ger. To compose.
42Komponist (kōm'pō-nīst), Ger. A composer.
43Komposition (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōn), Ger. A composition.
44Kompositionslehre (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōns'lā-rě), Ger. The art of composition. A textbook in musical composition.
45Konservatorium (kōn-sār-vā-tō'rī-oom), Ger. A conservatory; a school of the art of music.
46Koous. A Persian drum made of brass, two feet in circumference.
47Kopfstimme (kōpf'stīm-mě), Ger. Falsetto, head voice.
48Koppe' (kōp'p'l), Ger. Coupler; coupling-stop in an organ.
49Kor (kōr), Ger. } Choir, chorus. See
50Köre (kōr'ē), Ger. pl. } Chor. one of two readings
51Köre (kō'rē), Ger. pl. } Chor. one of two readings
52Koryphaeus (kō-ri-fē'ūs), Gr. Chief, or leader, of the dancers.
53Kos (kōz), Hun. A Hungarian dance.
54Kösake (kō-sā'kě). A national dance of the Cossacks.
55Kraft (krāft), Ger. Power, strength, energy.
56Kräftig (krāft'tīgh),
57Kräftiglich (krāft'tīgh-likh), Ger. } ful, vigorous, full of energy. one of two readings
58Kräftiglich (krāft'tīgh-likh), Ger. } Powerful, vigorous, full of energy. one of two readings
59Kräftig und kurz (krāft'tīgh oond koorts), Ger. Loud and detached.
60Krakoviak (krā-kō-vī-āk). } The cra-
61Krakovienne (krā-kō-vī-ēn), Fr. } covienne, a Polish dance in 2-4 time, with strongly marked rhythm and much syncopated.
62Krebsgängig (krēbs'gān-gīgh), Ger. Crab-going; inverse imitation; backwards.
63Kreischend (krī'shěnd), Ger. Shrieking, screaming.
64Kreisfuge (krī'sfoo-ghě), Ger. Circulating fugue; a canon.
65Kreisleriana (krī'slā-ri-ā-nā), Ger. Like Kreisler. A series of eight piano pieces of Schumann, named after an eccentric character called Kreisler, in one of Hoffmann's novels.
66Kreistanz (krī'stānts), Ger. Dance in a circle.
67Kreuz (kroits), Ger. A sharp.
68Kreuz-doppeltes (kroits-dōp'pěl-těs), Ger. A double sharp, × or ##.
69Kriegerisch (krē'ghēr-īsh), Ger. Warlike, martial.
70Kriegsgesang (krēgs'ghē-säng'), Ger. }
71Kriegslied (krēgs'lěd),
72A war-song, a soldier's song.
73Kriegsspieler (krēgs'spē'ler), Ger. A musician of a regiment.
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