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Pronouncing dictionary and condensed encyclopedia of musical terms, instruments, composers and important works, 1880
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1Non nobis Domino, "Not unto us, O Lord." A celebrated canon sung as a grace after meat, at public dinners in England.
3Non Plus Ultra, "Nothing more beyond." The bumptious title of a piano sonata by Woelfl, op. 41, in 1807.
5Nonne Sanglante, La, opera in 5 acts by Gounod. 1854.
7Norma, opera in 2 acts, by Bellini. 1832.
9Normal, right; natural; proper.
11Normal-ton (Ger. nör-mäl'-tōn). The tone A, to which orchestral instruments are tuned.
13Normal Scale, the natural scale.
15Normal School, a school for teachers.
17North, James O., a teacher of singing in St. Louis. Born about 1830.
19Notation, the signs by means of which music is represented. See Appendix.
21Note, a sign of musical utterance. The pitch is indicated by the staff degree on which the note is played; the length by the form of the note.
23Note Printing. The earliest printing from movable types was by Ottaviano dei Petruccio, in 1466.
25Note-Head, the oval part of the note, which occupies the pitch-place.
27Note-Stem, the line running from the head.
29Nottebohm, Martin Gustav, composer, teacher and writer on music, was born near Lüdenschied in 1817. Studied in Berlin with Berger and Dehn, and afterwards with Sechter. He was one of the chief editors of the critical editions of Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart. His compositions include clavier trios and quartettes, solos for piano, etc.
31Nourrit, Adolph, a highly gifted tenor singer in Paris, born 1802. Died 1839. Was professor of dramatic declamation in the Conservatory.
33Novelletten, "Novellettes," the title of a series of 8 piano pieces by Schumann, op. 21. 1838.
35Novello, Vincent, an English composer, editor and organist, was born in London, 1781. Was organist in several important churches, author and compiler of much church music, and died at Nice, 1861.
37Novello, Clara, the celebrated soprano, daughter of the preceding, made her debut in 1833, and was the leading oratorio and operatic soprano in England for many years.
39Novello, Joseph Alfred, eldest son of Vincent, was a bass singer, and the founder of Novello's "Sacred Music Warehouse," the first depot of music at a low price, and the beginning of the present firm, "Novello, Ewer & Co." Born 1810. Lives at Genoa.
41Nozze di Figaro, Le, "The Marriage of Figaro," opera buffa by Mozart (Figaro's Hochzeit), 1776.
43Nuances (Fr. nü-ähn-s'). Lights and shades of expression.
45Nuit Blanches. "Restless Nights." The title of a set of 18 lyric piano pieces by Stephen Heller, op. 82.
47Number. The several pieces or sections of an opera or oratorio, are numbered for convenience of reference, etc. The overture is never counted.
49Nunc Dimittis, "Now dismiss us." The canticle of Simeon, St. Luke, ii: 29, etc. A vesper song.
51Nut, a slip of ebony or ivory glued to the neck of the violin, at the upper end of the fingerboard.
532. Of the bow, a piece of ebony or ivory over which the hairs pass.
55ō (Ital. ō), or.
57ōd (Ital. before a vowel ōd), or, as, either.
59Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, Mus. Doc., was born at Ealing, July 22, 1830, and educated at Oxford. Studied music with Dr. Elvey and Schneider, of Dresden, and completed at Leipsic. In 1865 was appointed professor of music in Edinburg University. Composer of songs, anthems, etc. Is a good organist.
61Obbligato (Ital. ōb-blē-gā'-tō). Necessary, obligatory, must not be omitted.
63Oberon, romantic opera in 3 acts, by von Weber, 1826.
65Oberthuer, Chas., a distinguished performer on, and composer for the harp, was born March 4th, 1819, at Munich. Resides in London, and has composed an opera, mass, and many compositions for harp.
67Oberwerk (Ger. ō'-bēr-vārk). The upper manual on a two manual organ. one of two readings
68Oberwerk (Ger. ō'-běr-vārk). The upper manual on a two manual organ. one of two readings
70Obligat (Ger. ōb – lī – gät') Indispensable, necessary.
72Oblique Piano, an English term for the diagonal arrangement of strings, usual in upright pianos.
74Oboe (Ger. ō-bō'-ē). A wooden reed-instrument of two foot tone. It is played with a double reed. It consists of a wooden tube about two feet long, with sound holes on the sides, like a flute. Has a somewhat plaintive and wailing tone. one of two readings
75Oboe (Ger. ō-bō'-ě). A wooden reed-instrument of two foot tone. It is played with a double reed. It consists of a wooden tube about two feet long, with sound holes on the sides, like a flute. Has a somewhat plaintive and wailing tone. one of two readings
77Oboe d' Amour, an oboe exactly like the usual one, but tuned in A, a minor third lower.
79Oboe di Caccio, an old name for an oboe standing in Eb or F.
81Oboe Stop, an organ stop consisting of impinging reeds and conical pipes of a small scale, usually in the swell organ. Owing to the reed and block being of metal, it has a harsher tone than the orchestral oboe.
83Oca del Cairo, "The Goose of Cairo," opera buffa in two acts, by Mozart, 1783.
85Ocarina (ō-kā-rē'-nā). Terra-cotta instrument somewhat resembling the flageolet.
87O'Carolan, or Carolan, Turlogh, one of the last and most famous of the bards of Ireland. Born 1670. Died 1738, and was famous for his improvisations.
89Octachord, an instrument or system comprising eight sounds, or seven degrees.
91Octave, the eighth tone, in the diatonic scale, above or below any other. The octave is the most perfect consonance in music except the unison. Its ratio is 2:1. Octaves are equivalent in harmony.
93Octave, an organ stop of diapason quality and 4 ft. tone, standing an octave above the diapason.
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