Scan 53
Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
88 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.
1Amarezza, con, It. With bitterness; with sorrow.
3Amarissimamente (ä-mä-rís-sí-mä-měn'tě), It.
4Amarissimo (ä-mä-rís'sí-mō),
5Very bitterly in a mournful, sad, and afflicted manner.
7Amaro (ä-mä'rō), It. Grief, bitterness, affliction.
9Amateur (äm-ä-tūr), Fr. One who has taste and proficiency in music, but does not practice it as a profession. As compared with an artist, an amateur is one who has learnt nothing thoroughly. Distinguished from Dilettanti, one who toys with art, and Cognoscenti, one who knows an art, but does not practice it.
11Amati. A name applied to violins made by the brothers Amati, in Italy, in the middle of the seventeenth century. They are smaller than the ordinary violin, and distinguished for their peculiar sweetness of tone.
13Ambitus (äm'bí-toos), Lat. Compass or range of sounds; also, the distance between the highest and lowest sounds.
15Ambo (äm'bō), Lat. The desk at which the canons were sung in the middle ages.
17Ambon (änh-bōnh), Fr. The ambo.
19Ambrosian chant. A series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the Church by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century, and supposed to have been borrowed from the ancient Greek music.
21Ambrosianus cantus (äm-brō-sí-ä'noos kän'-toos), Lat. Ambrosian chant.
23Ambubaje (äm-boo-bä'yě), Gr. The name of a society of strolling flute-players among the ancient Greeks.
25Ambulant (änh-bü länh), Fr. Wandering; an itinerant musician.
27Ame (äm), Fr. The soundpost of a violin, viola, etc.
29Amen (ä'měn), Heb. "So be it." A word used as a termination to psalms, hymns, and other sacred music.
31Amen chorus. A chorus in which the word amen forms the principal language.
33Ameno (ä-mä'nō), It. Charming, pleasing, sweet.
35American fingering. That style of fingering in which the sign x is used to indicate the thumb in piano-playing, in distinction from the German or foreign fingering, in which the thumb is called the first finger.
37American organ. A reed instrument of the harmonium kind, differing from harmoniums in the method of the bellows (which sucks the air through the reeds, instead of expelling it through them). Also differing in tone quality, which is broader and less thin and nasal—merits due in part to the suction-bellows, in part to superior voicing of the reeds, and in part to resonance added by the hollow spaces within the case. The American organ owes its suction-bellows to the late Jeremiah Carhart, and its name and resonant cases to Mason & Hamlin. All makes of this instrument now, however, partake of its characteristic excellencies.
39A mezza aria (ä mět'sa ä'ri-ä), It. An air partly in the style of a recitative; between speaking and singing. one of two readings
40A mezza aria (ä mět'sā ā'ri-ä), It. An air partly in the style of a recitative; between speaking and singing. one of two readings
42A mezza voce (ä mět'sā vō'tshě),
43A mezza di voce (ä mět'sā dē vō'tshe), It. In a soft, subdued tone; with half the power of the voice. The term is also applied to instrumental music.
45A mezza manico (ä mět'sā mä-ně'kō), It. In violin-playing, the placing the hand near the middle of the neck.
47A-moll (ä-mōll), Ger. The key of A minor.
49A molto cori (a mōl'tō kō'rē), It. Full choruses; a collection of choruses.
51A moncorde (ä mōnh-ō-kōrd), Fr. On one string only.
53Amore (ä-mō'rē), It. Tenderness, affection, love.
55Amore, con, It. With tenderness and affection.
57A moresco (ä mō-rě'skō), It. In the Moorish style; in the style of a moresco or Moorish dance.
59Amorevole (ä-mō-rā'vō-le), It. Tenderly, gently, lovingly.
61Amorevolmente (ä-mō-rě-vōl-měn'tě), It. With extreme tenderness.
63Amorosamente (ä-mō-rō-zā-měn'tě), It. In a tender and affectionate style.
65Amoroso (ä-mō-rō'zo), It. See Amorosamente.
67Amphibrach (äm'fī-brākh), Ger. A musical foot, comprising one short, one long, and one short note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — — ' — one of two readings
68Amphibrach (äm'fī-brākh), Ger. A musical foot, comprising one short, one long, and one short note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — —' one of two readings
70Amphimacer (äm'fī-mä-tsěr), Gr. A musical foot, comprising one long, one short, and one long note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — — ' — one of two readings
71Amphimacer (äm'fī-mä-tsěr), Gr. A musical foot, comprising one long, one short, and one long note or syllable, accented and marked thus, — —' one of two readings
73Amphion (äm'fī-ōn), Gr. The most ancient Greek musician. He played upon the lyre.
75Ampollosamente (äm-pōl-lō-zā-měn'tě), It.
76Ampollosso (äm-pōl-lō'zō),
77In a bombastic and pompous manner.
79Ampoulé (änh-poo-lā), Fr. High-flown, bombastic.
81Amusement (ä-müz-mänh), Fr. A light and pleasing composition introduced as an exercise in a course of piano studies.
83Anabasis (ä-nä'bā-sīs), Gr. A succession of ascending tones.
85Anacreontic (ä-nä-krě-ōn'tīk), Gr. In the Bacchanalian or drinking style.
87Anafil (ä-nä-fēl'), Sp. A musical pipe used by the Moors.
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