Scan 57
Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1Avec mouvement (ä-věk moov-mõnh), Fr. With movement.
2Ave Maria (ä-vě mā-rē'ā). Lat. "Hail Mary." A hymn or prayer to the Virgin Mary.
3Avena (ä-vā'nā), It. A reed, a pipe.
4A vicenda (ä vē-tshēn'dā), It. Alternately, by turns.
5A vide (ä vēd), Fr. Open.
6A vista (ä vī'stā), It. At sight.
7A voce sola (ä vō'tshē sō'lā), It. For one voice alone.
8Avoir du retentissement (ä-vwär dü rā-tānh-tēss-mõnh), Fr. To be repeated.
9Avoir le voix haut (ä-vwär' lūh vwā sō), Fr. To have a loud voice.
10A voix forte (ä vwā fōrt), Fr. With a loud voice.
11A volonté (ä vō-lõnh-tā), Fr. At will, at pleasure.
12A vue (ä vū), Fr. At sight.
13Azione sacra (ä-tsī-ō'nē sā'krā), It. An oratorio; a sacred musical drama.
15B. The name of a pitch one whole step higher than A. Also of the staff-degrees, representing B and its octaves. In Germany the name B is applied to the pitch B flat, B-natural being called H. This usage is gradually becoming obsolete.
16Baazas (bä-zä), Fr. A species of guitar.
17Babara (bä-bā'rā), Sp. A Spanish country dance.
18Bacchanalian songs. Drinking songs; songs pertaining to drunkenness and revelry.
19Bacchia. A Kamschatka dance in 2-4 time.
20Bacchius (bäk'kł-oos), Gr. A musical foot, consisting of one short, unaccented, and two long, accented notes or syllables, marked — — —.
21Bacchuslied (bäkh'ōos-lēd), Ger. A Bacchanalian song.
22Bacciolcolo (bāt-tshī-ō-kō'lō), It. A musical instrument of the guitar kind, common in some parts of Tuscany.
23Bachelor of Music. The first musical degree taken at the English universities. It is not conferred by German or continental universities.
24Badinage (bä-dl-nāzh), Fr. Playfulness, sportiveness.
25Bagatelle (bāg-ā-těl'), Fr. A trifle, a toy, a short, easy piece of music.
26Bagpipe, or, bagpipes. An ancient wind instrument, still in use in many countries, consisting of a leathern bag (into which the wind is conveyed through a tube, one end of which the player holds in his mouth), and from two to five pipes (on the shortest of them, the chanter, which has several finger-holes, the performer plays the tune; the others, the drone, produce each only one note, which they sustain throughout). The form and structure of this instrument vary in different countries, and even in one and the same country. Bagpipes with more than one drone pipe have the smaller drone pipes generally tuned a fifth or an octave, or one a fifth and another an octave, above the fundamental note produced by the longest pipe, two of the smaller pipes being often tuned in unison.
27Baguette (bä-ghět'), Fr. A drumstick.
28Baguettes de tambour (bä-ghět düh tām-boor), Fr. Drumsticks.
29Baile (bā-ē'lē), Sp. The national dances of Spain.
30Baisser (bā-sā), Fr. To lower or flatten the pitch or tone.
31Baisser le rideau (bā-sā lūh rē-dō), Fr. To drop the curtain.
32Balalaika (bā-lā-lā'kā), Rus. A rude, guitar-like instrument of the Ukraine. It has three strings.
33Balancé (bā-lānh-sā), Fr. A step, or figure, in dancing.
34Balancement (bāl-ănhs'mānh), Fr. Quivering motion, a tremolo. Corresponding to the Bebung, a trembling of the finger, which was communicated to the strings of the violin or clavier.
35Balcken, or, Balken (bāl'k'n), Ger. The bass bar placed under the fourth string in a violin.
36Baldamente (bāl-dā-měn'tě), It. Boldly.
37Baldanza (bāl-dăn'tsā), It. Audacity, boldness.
38Baldezza (bāl-dět'sā),
39Balg (bālgh), Ger. The bellows of the organ.
40Bälgtreter (bālg'trē-tēr), Ger. Organ-blower, or bellows-treader, in old German organs.
41Balgzug (bālg'tsoog), Ger. In an organ, the bellows-stop.
42Balken (bāl'k'n), Ger. See Balcken.
43Ballabile (bāl-lā'bī-lě), It. In the style of a dance.
44Ballad. This word is derived from ballata (dancing-song), which in its turn is derived from ballare (to dance). The popular meaning of ballad, in English, is "a simple song;"
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