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Scan 146
Pronouncing and Defing Dictionary of Music, 1896
73 lines. Read by computer on 15 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Klappenhorn (kläp'p'n-hōrn), Ger. A keyed horn.
2Klapptrompete (kläp-trōm-pā'tě), Ger. A keyed trumpet.
3Klar (klär), Ger. Clear, bright.
4Klarheit (klär'hit), Ger. Clearness, plainness.
5Klarinette (klä'ri-nět-tě), Ger. A clarinet.
6Klärlich (klär'líkh), Ger. Clearly, distinctly.
7Klassisch (kläs'sish), Ger. Classical, of high rank. Approved.
8Klausel (klou'zel), Ger. A close; a regular section of a movement.
9Klavier (klä-fēr'), Ger. Pianoforte; harpsichord. See Clavier.
10Klavierauszug (klä-fēr'ows-tzoog), Ger. Edition for pianoforte. An arrangement of a score for pianoforte.
11Klaviersonaten (klä-fēr'sō-nä-těn), Ger. Piano-forte sonata.
12Klavierspieler (klä-fēr-spē'ler), Ger. Piano-forte-player.
13Klein (klīn), Ger. Minor, speaking of intervals.
14Kleinbass (klīn'bass),
15Kleinbassgeige (klīn'bass-gī-gě), Ger. } Violoncello.
16Kleinlaut (klīn'lout), Ger. Small or low in tone or voice.
17Klingbar (klīng'bär), Ger. Resonant, sonorous.
18Klingel (klīng'ěl), Ger. A bell.
19Klingeln (klīng-ěln), Ger. To ring or sound a small bell; to jingle.
20Klingen (klīng'ěn), Ger. } Sonorous, resonant, ringing.
21Klingend (klīng'ěnd), Ger. }
22Klinggedicht (klīng'gě-děkht), Ger. Sonnet.
23Klingklang (klīng'klāng), Ger. Tinkling, bad music.
24Klingspiel (klīng'spēl), Ger. The sound or noise of instruments.
25Klutter (kloot'těr), Ger. A bird-call.
26Knabenstimme (knä'běn-stim'mě), Ger. A boy's voice, counter tenor.
27Knee-stop.
28Knell. The tolling of a bell at a death or funeral.
29Kniegeige (knē'gī-ghě), Ger. Viol da gamba, violoncello.
30Knieröhre (knē'rō-rě), Ger. A pipe, or tube, bent like a knee.
31Kollektivauszug (kōl'lěk-těf'ows-tzoog), Ger. A collected selection of an author's works.
32Kollo (kōl-lō), Jap. A Japanese instrument, somewhat resembling a harp.
33Kombinationspedale (kōm'-bī-nā-tsī-ōns'-pě-dā'lě), Ger. Combination pedal. A pedal controlling a combination of organ-stops.
34Kombinationstöne (kōm'bī-nā-tsī-ōns'tō-ně), Ger. Combination tones. Resultant tones formed by the differences of two sounding tones.
35Komiker (kō'mī-kěr), Ger. A writer of burlettas; also a comic performer.
36Komisch (kō'mīsh), Ger. Comical.
37Komma (kōm'mā), Ger. Comma; a musical section or division. An interval equal to about an eighth of a diatonic step.
38Komödie (kō-mō'dī-ě), Ger. Comedy, play.
39Komponieren (kōm-pō-ně'r'n), Ger. To compose.
40Komponist (kōm'pō-nīst), Ger. A composer.
41Komposition (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōn), Ger. A composition.
42Kompositionslehre (kōm'pō-zīt-sī-ōns'lā-rě), Ger. The art of composition. A textbook in musical composition.
43Konservatorium (kōn-sār-vā-tō'rī-oom), Ger. A conservatory; a school of the art of music.
44Koous. A Persian drum made of brass, two feet in circumference.
45Kopfstimme (kōpf'stīm-mě), Ger. Falsetto, head voice.
46Koppe' (kōp'p'l), Ger. Coupler; coupling-stop in an organ.
47Kor (kōr), Ger. } Choir, chorus. See
48Köre (kō'rě), Ger. pl. } Chor.
49Koryphaeus (kō-ri-fě'ūs), Gr. Chief, or leader, of the dancers.
50Kos (kōz), Hun. A Hungarian dance.
51Kosake (kō-sā'kě). A national dance of the Cossacks.
52Kraft (krāft), Ger. Power, strength, energy.
53Kräftig (krāf'tīgh),
54Kräftiglich (krāf'tīgh-līkh), Ger. } Power-ful, vigorous, full of energy.
55Kräftig und kurz (krāf'tīgh oond koorts), Ger. Loud and detached.
56Krakoviak (krā-kō-vī-āk). } The cra-
57Krakovienne (krā-kō-vī-ěn), Fr. } covienne, a Polish dance in 2-4 time, with strongly marked rhythm and much syncopated.
58Krebsgängig (krēbs'gān-gīgh), Ger. Crab-going; inverse imitation; backwards.
59Kreischend (kri'shěnd), Ger. Shrieking, screaming.
60Kreisfuge (krī'sfoo-ghě), Ger. Circulating fugue; a canon.
61Kreisleriana (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.
62Kreistanz (krī'stānts), Ger. Dance in a circle.
63Kreuz (kroits), Ger. A sharp.
64Kreuz-doppeltes (kroits-dōp'pěl-těs), Ger. A double sharp, × or ##.
65Kriegerisch (krē'ghěr-īsh), Ger. Warlike, martial. one of two readings
66Kriegerisch (krē'ghēr-īsh), Ger. Warlike, martial. one of two readings
67Kriegsgesang (krēgs'ghě-säng'), Ger. } one of two readings
68Kriegsgesang (krēgs'ghē-säng'), Ger. } one of two readings
69Kriegslied (krēgs'liěd), }
70A war-song, a soldier's song.
71Kriegsspieler (krēgs'spě'lěr), Ger. A musician of a regiment. one of two readings
72Kriegsspieler (krēgs'spē'lěr), Ger. A musician of a regiment. one of two readings
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