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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1Adept. A thorough composer, performer, or singer.
3À deux (ä dūh), Fr. For two voices or instruments.
5À deux temps (ä dūh tān), Fr. In two time; two equal notes in a measure.
7Adiaponon (ä-dī-ä-pō-nōn), Gr. A species of pianoforte with six octaves; invented in 1820 by Labuster, a watchmaker of Vienna. The tone was produced from metal bars. In a later adaptation of the same idea, called the Adiaphone, the tones were produced from tuning-forks. Both these forms were of permanent tune
9Adiratamente (ä-dī-rā-tā-měn'tē), It. } Angrily, Adirato (ä-dī-rā'tō), } sternly.
11A dirittura (ä dī-rīt-too'rā), It. Directly; straight.
13Adjuvant (äd'yoo-vānt), Ger. The deputy master of the choristers; assistant to an organist.
15Ad lib. An abbreviation of Ad libitum.
17Ad libitum (äd lib-i-toom), Lat. At will, at pleasure; changing the time of a particular passage at the discretion of the performer.
19Adonia (ä-dō'nī-ä), Ger. A solemn feast of the ancients at which hymns and odes were sung
21Adonic verse. A verse consisting of one long, two short, and two long syllables.
23Adornamente (ä-dōr-nā-měn'tē), It. Gaily, neatly, elegantly.
25Adornamenti (ä-dōr-nā-měn'tī), It. Embellishments.
27Adornamento (ä-dōr-nā-men'tō), It. An ornament, an embellishment.
29Adoucir (ä-doo-sēr), Fr. To soften, to flatten.
31A due, or, A 2 (ä doo'ē), It. For two voices or instruments; a duet.
33A due clarini (ä doo'ē klā-rē'nī), It. For two trumpets.
35A due corde (ä doo'ē kōr'dē), It. Upon two strings.
37A due cori (ä doo'ē kō'rē), It. For two choirs.
39À deux mains (ä dūh mān), Fr. } For two
40A due mani (ä doo'ē mā-nē), It. } hands.
42A due soprani (ä doo'ē sō-prā'nē), It. For two trebles.
44A due strumenti (ä doo'ē strō-měn'tī), It. For two instruments.
46A due voce (ä doo'ē vō'tshē), It. For two voices.
48A-dur (ä-door), Ger. The key of A major.
50Ædophone. A musical instrument invented in the eighteenth century.
52Æolian. One of the ancient Greek modes answering to the diatonic succession, la si do re mi fa sol la; referring to the winds; played upon by the wind.
54Æolian, the. An automatic instrument of the reed organ class, with many sets of reeds, and mechanism enabling it to perform overtures and much pretentious music.
56Æolian harp. An instrument invented by Kircher about the middle of the seventeenth century. The tones are produced by the strings being so arranged that the air causes vibration among them when it passes through.
58The box of the Æolian harp should be long enough to exactly fit the window where it is proposed to place it, and about five or six inches deep. There should be at least six strings of silk or gut, tuned in unison, passing over bridges about three fourths of an inch high, near each end. Under the influence of the wind the strings vibrate in sweetly harmonious chords, changing with every variation in the current of the wind. Of course all the tones produced are necessarily partial tones of the vibrating string; but the varying intensity of the wind makes so many changes in the combinations of tones produced as to give at times much the effect of mysterious intelligence.
60Æolian lyre. The Æolian harp.
62Æolian mute. A combination of the Æolian pitch-pipe and the mute for the violin.
64Æolian pianoforte. A pianoforte with reed attachment, invented and manufactured by the firm of T. Gilbert & Co., Boston, about 1850. The piano, of the small pattern of square then universally manufactured, was provided with a set of free reeds and a bellows operated by a pedal at the right of the regular pedals of the piano. The reed instrument was of the old-fashioned "melodeon" pattern, the reeds being practically unvoiced, and the bellows of the pressure variety. The design of the addition was that of giving the piano a sustaining power, which up to that time had not been secured. The effect of the two tones in combination was agreeable in passages where sostenuto was desired. But the instrument had only a temporary currency in consequence of the practical impossibility of keeping the strings in tune with the reeds.
66Æolodicon (ä-ō-lō'dī-kōn), Gr. A keyed instrument, the tone of which resembles that of the organ, and is produced by steel springs, which are put in vibration by means of bellows.
68Æolodion (ä-ō-lō'dī-ōn), Gr. An æolodicon.
70Aeolsharfe (ä'ōls-här'fē), Ger. An Æolian harp.
72Æolus modus. The Æolian, or fifth. Authentic mode of the Greeks, nearly allied to the Phrygian mode. The scale is the same as the old scale of A minor without any accidentals. (See Greek Modes.)
74Æotana (ä-ō-tā'nā), Gr. A very small musical instrument made of several short metallic
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