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Pronouncing and defining dictionary of music, 1896
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1CAN
2DICTIONARY OF MUSIC.
3CAN
5Canterino (kän-tě-rē'nō), It. A singer; a chauter.
7Cantica (kän'tī-kä), It.
8Canticae (kän'tī-tsā), Lat.
9Cantici (kän'tī-tshē), It. pl.
10Cantico (kän-tē'kō), Sp.
12Canti carnaascialeschi (kän'tē căr-näs-tshī-ā-lēs-kē), It.
13Canti charnevali (kän'tē kăr-nē-vā/lē), songs of the carnival week.
15Canticle. A sacred hymn, or song. (2) A canto, a division of a song.
17Cantico (kän'tī-kō), It.
18Canticum (kän'tī-koom), Lat.
20Cantillate (kän'til-lā'tē). To chant, to recite with musical tones.
22Cantillation. A chanting, a recitation with musical modulations.
24Cantillatio (kän-tīl-lā-tsī'ō), Lat. A singing style of declamation.
26Cantilena (kän-tī-lā'nā), It. The melody, air, or principal part in any composition; generally the highest vocal part.
28Cantilena scotica (kän-tī-lā'nā skō'tī-kā), It. A Scotch air or tune.
30Cantilene (kän-tī-lā'nē), It. A cantilena.
32Cantino (kän-tē'nō), It. The smallest string of the violiu, guitar, etc.
34Cantio (kän'tsī-ō), Lat. A song.
36Cantique (känh-tēk'), Fr. A canticle, or hymn of praise.
38Cantique des cantiques (känh-tēk' dē känh-tēk'), Fr. Solomon's Song.
40Canto (kän'tō), It. (1) A song, a melody. (2) The art of singing. (3) The highest part in concerted music. (4) The soprano voice. (5) The highest string of an instrument. (V. Cantino.)
42Canto a cappella (ä käp-pěl'lā), It. Vocal church music without instrumental accompaniment.
44Canto Ambrosiano (äm-brō-zī-ā'nō), It. Ambrosian chant.
46Canto armonico (kän'tō ār-mō'nī-kō), It. A part-song for two, three, or more voices.
48Canto clef. The C clef when placed on the first line.
50Canto concertante (kän'tō kōn-tshēr-tān'tē), It. The treble of the principal concerting parts.
52Canto cromatico (kän'tō krō-mā'tī-kō), It. Chromatic vocal music.
54Canto fermo (kän'tō fār'mō), It. A chant or melody. (2) Choral singing in unison on a plain melody. (3) Any subject consisting of a few long, plain notes, given as a theme for counterpoint.
56Canto figurato (kän'tō fē-goo-rā'tō), It. A figured melody.
58Canto fioritto (kän'tō fē-ō-rē'ttō), It. A song in which many ornaments are introduced.
60Canto funebre (kän'tō foo-nā'brē), It. A funeral song.
62Canto Gregoriano (kän'tō grē-gō-ri-ā'nō), It. The Gregorian chant.
64Canto llano (kän'tō lyā'nō), Sp. The plain chant or soug.
66Canto necessário (kän'tō nā-tchēs-sā'ri-ō), It. A term indicating those parts that are to sing through the whole piece.
68Canto primo (kän'tō prē'mō), It. The first treble or soprano.
70Cantor (kän-tōr'), It. A singer, a chanter.
72Cantor (kän'tōr),
73Cantor choralis (kän'tōr kō-rā'līs), Lat. A precentor; a leader of the choir.
75Cantorate (kän-tō-rā'tē), It. A leading singer of a choir.
77Cantore (kän-tō'rē), It. A singer, a chanter, a poet.
79Canto recitativo (kän-tō rā-tshī-tā-tē'vō), It. Recitative, declamatory singing.
81Cantorei (kän-tō-rī'), Ger. The dwelling-house of the cantor. (2) A class of the choristers in the public school.
83Cantoren (kän-tō'r'n), Ger. Chanters, a choir of singers.
85Canto ripieno (kän'tō rē-pī-ā'nō), It. The treble of the grand chorus; the part that sings or plays only in the grand chorus.
87Cantoris (kän-tō'rīs), Lat. A term used in cathedral music to indicate the passages intended to be sung by those singers who are placed on that side of the choir where the cantor or precentor sits. This is usually on the left-hand side on entering the choir from the nave.
89Canto rivoltato (kän'tō rē-vōl-tā'tō), It. The treble changed.
91Canto secondo (kän'tō sē-kōn'dō), It. The second treble.
93Canto simplice (kän'tō sīm-plē'tshē), It. A plain song.
95Cantrice (kän-trē'tshē), It. A female singer.
96Cantrix (kän'trīx), Lat. a songstress.
98Cantus (kän'tōos), Lat. A song, a melody; also the treble, or soprano part.
100Cantus Ambrosianus (kän'tōos äm-brō-sī-ā'nōos), Lat. The four chants, or melodies, introduced into the Church by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century, and which are supposed to be derived from ancient Greek melodies.
102Cantus figuratus (kän'tōos fē-goo-rā'tōos), Lat. Embellished or figurative chants or melodies.
104Cantus firmus (kän'tōos fir'moos), Lat. The plain song or chaut. See Canto fermo.
106Cantus Gregorianus (kän'tōos grē-gō-ri-ā'nōos), Lat. Those four chants, or melodies, introduced into the Church by St. Gregory, and which, with the Ambrosian chants, formed a series of eight modes, or tones, as they were called.
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