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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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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), Dudelkastensack (doo'd'l-käs-t'n-säk), Ger. A bagpipe, a cornamuse, a hornpipe.
13Due (doo'ë), It. Two; in two parts.
15Due clarini (doo'ë klä-rë'ne), It. Two trumpets.
17Due corde (doo'ë kör-dë), It. Two strings. See A due corde.
19Due cori (doo'ë kō-ri), It. Two choirs or choruses.
21Due pedali (doo'ë pě-dä'li), It. The two pedals a.e to be used.
23Duet. A composition for two voices or instruments, or for two performers upon the same instrument.
25Due trombe (doo'ë trôm'bë), It. Two trumpets.
27Duet (doo-ët'), Ger. A duet.
29Duette (doo-ët'të), Ger. pl. Duets.
30Duetti (doo-ët'ti), It. pl. Duets.
32Duettino (doo-ët-të'nō), It. A short and easy duet.
34Duetto (doo-ët'tō), It. A duet.
36Due volte (doo'ë vōl'të), It. Twice.
38Dulcet. Soft, sweet, musical; an organ-stop.
40Dulcian (dül-sē-änh'), Fr. A small bassoon. See Dolciano. A dulciana stop.
42Dulciana stop. An 8-feet organ-stop; of a soft and sweet quality of tone.
44Dulciana principal. A 4-feet organ-stop of delicate tone.
46Dulcimer. 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.
48Dumb spinnet. Another name for the clavichord.
50Dumpf (doompf), Ger. Of a dull, hollow, Dumpfig (doomp'fig), Ger. muffled sound.
52Dumpfigkeit (doomp'fig-kit), Ger. Hollowness, dullness of sound.
54Duo (doo'ō), It. Two; in two parts; a composition for two voices or instruments; a duet.
56Duo concertante (doo'ō kōn-tshër-tän'tē), It. A duo in which each part is alternately principal and subordinate.
58Duodecima (doo-ō-dā'tshī-mä), It. The Duodecima (doo-ō-dā'tshī-mō), twelfth; the twelfth note from the tonic; the name is also applied to an organ-stop tuned a twelfth above the diapasons.
60Duodecima acuta (doo-ō-dā'tsī-mä ä-koo'tī), Lat. A twelfth above.
62Duodecima gravi (doo-ō-dā'tsī-mä grä've), Lat. A twelfth below.
64Duodecimole (doo-ō-dā-tshī-mō'lē), It. A musical phrase, formed by a group of twelve notes.
66Duodramma (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.).
68Duoi (doo-ō'iē), It. Two.
70Duole. 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:
72equal to
74Duolo (doo-ō'lō), It. Sorrow, sadness, grief.
76Duomo (doo-ō'mō), It. A cathedral.
78Dupla (doo-plä), Lat. Double.
80Duple time. Double time.
82Duplex longa (doo'plēx lōn'gä), Lat. Maxima, one of the notes in the old system of music. one of two readings
83Duplex longa (doo'plëx lōn'gä), Lat. Maxima, one of the notes in the old system of music. one of two readings
85Duplication. Doubling; where one or more of the intervals of a chord are repeated in different parts.
87Duplo (doo-plō), It. Double.
89Dur (door), Ger. Major, in speaking of keys and modes; as, C-dur, C major.
91Dur (düür), Fr. Hard, harsh of tone. Major, as distinguished from minor.
93Duramente (doo-rä-měn'tē), It. Harshly, roughly; also meaning that the passage is to be played in a firm, bold style, and strongly accented.
95Durate (doo-rä'tē), It. Hard, rough; also implying false relations in harmony.
97Durchcomponiren (doorkh'kōm-pō-nē'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.
99Durchdringend (doorkh-drīng'ēnd), Ger. Penetrating, piercing.
101Durchdringende Stimme (doorkh-drīng'ēn-dē stim'mē), Ger. A shrill voice or tone.
103Durchführung (doorkh'fū-ruong), 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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