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Pronouncing dictionary and condensed encyclopedia of musical terms, instruments, composers, and important works, 1895
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1Authentic, certain of the ecclesiastical modes. They are:
3<table>
4 <tr>
5 <th>No.</th>
6 <th>Mode.</th>
7 <th>Compass.</th>
8 <th>Final.</th>
9 <th>Dominant.</th>
10 </tr>
11 <tr>
12 <td>1</td>
13 <td>Dorian</td>
14 <td>D to D</td>
15 <td>D</td>
16 <td>A</td>
17 </tr>
18 <tr>
19 <td>3</td>
20 <td>Phrygian</td>
21 <td>E to E</td>
22 <td>E</td>
23 <td>C</td>
24 </tr>
25 <tr>
26 <td>5</td>
27 <td>Lydian</td>
28 <td>F to F</td>
29 <td>F</td>
30 <td>C</td>
31 </tr>
32 <tr>
33 <td>7</td>
34 <td>Mixolydein</td>
35 <td>G to G</td>
36 <td>G</td>
37 <td>D</td>
38 </tr>
39 <tr>
40 <td>9</td>
41 <td>Æolian</td>
42 <td>A to A</td>
43 <td>A</td>
44 <td>E</td>
45 </tr>
46 <tr>
47 <td>11</td>
48 <td>Ionion, or Iastian</td>
49 <td>C to C</td>
50 <td>C</td>
51 <td>G</td>
52 </tr>
53</table>
55Azor and Zemira, or The Magic Rose, in three acts. English version of Spohr's Zemire und Azor, produced at Covent Garden, April 5, 1831.
57B, the name of a pitch. In Germany the name B is applied to the tone B♭, and B is called H.
59Bach, Johann Sebastian (bākh), one of the greatest masters who have ever appeared in music. B. 1685, d. 1750. Bach's ancestry for a century had been musicians, and several of them eminent. See chapter on Bach.
61Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann, called also the Hallé Bach, oldest and most talented son of John, born at Weimar 1710. Was noted for his originality as a composer and improviser, but owing to dissipated habits he left comparatively few works. Died at Berlin, 1784.
63Bach, Karl Philipp Emanuel, third son of J. S., born at Weimar 1714. Studied law, but as he had been educated in music from childhood, he presently betook himself to it as his calling, and became kammermusiker and cembalist at the court of Frederick the Great. As composer, director, teacher and critic, his influence was very great. He belongs to the transition period from his father to Haydn. His works are remarkable for refinement and elegance rather than power. Died 1788.
65Bach Society, in London, devoted to the study and promulgation of Bach's works. 1849-1870. Its library is now in the Royal Academy of Music.
67Bach Gesellschaft, a German society for publishing Bach's works, of which some thirty volumes are now issued. The idea originated with Schumann and Hauptmann.
69Bache, Francis Edward (bāk), born at Birmingham, Sept. 14, 1833, died there Aug. 24, 1858. A talented young composer, a student at Leipsic, who died before his talent was fairly developed. Author of several piano pieces, a concerto, etc.
71Bachelor of Music, a degree conferred complimentarily by American colleges. At Oxford and Cambridge (Eng.) a candidate for degree must pass certain written and viva voce examinations in harmony, counterpoint principles of orchestration, etc., and present a good vocal composition containing pure five-part harmony and good fugal counterpoint, with accompaniment for strings, sufficiently long to occupy from 20 to 40 minutes in the performance. Fees about £18.
73Badinage (Fr. bād′-in-äg). Playfulness.
75Badarzewski, Thekla, born at Warsaw 1838. Died 1862. Immortalized by her composition, "Priere de la Vierge," "Maiden's Prayer."
77Baertanze. (Ger.) Dance of the Bayardiers; female dancers in the East Indies.
79Bagatelle (Fr. bāg-ă-tĕl′), a trifle. A name applied to short compositions.
81Bagpipe, a famous instrument of great antiquity. It consists of a combination of fixed tones, or "drones," which sound continuously when the instrument is played, and a "chanter." The drones are made by three pipes with reeds, tuned differently in different parts of the country; A A A, G D A, G D G, etc. The chanter is an instrument akin to the oboe, with a compass of only nine notes, not tuned accurately, but approximating the scale of the black keys of the piano. The wind is furnished by a wind-bag or sack, worked by the left arm.
83Baker, B. F., born about 1820. Author of a text-book of Harmony and several books of psalmody.
85Balfe, Michael William, born at Dublin 1808, died 1870. A prolific composer of songs and operas, the best of them being "The Bohemian Girl," "Siege of Rochelle," "The Enchantress," "Talisman," and "Puritan's Daughter." Balfe was a fine melodist but a careless composer.
87Balatka, Hans, a fine German musician, teacher and conductor, in Chicago. Born about 1830.
89Ballad, from the Italian ballata, a dance. (Ballata, a dancing piece; Suonata, a sounding piece; and Cantata, a singing piece.—Grove.) In Italy the ballata was a song to be sung while dancing. A poem in narrative form, adapted to be sung to some ballad tune.
91Ballade (Fr. bāl-lād′). A ballad. Capriciously applied by Chopin to four pieces of piano-forte music.
93Ballerina (Ital. bāl-ler-ee′-nā). A female ballet-dancer.
95Ballet (Fr. bāl-lā′). A suite of elaborate dances for performance on the stage. The term B. is applied equally to the music, to the dancers, and to the dances.
97Ballo in Maschera (Ital. bāl′-lō in mās′-ker-ā). "The Masked Ball," opera by Verdi, 1859.
99Band, a company of instrumental players. See "String band," "Brass band," "Wind band," "Military band."
101Banjo, an American instrument of the guitar kind, the body covered with parchment like a drum-head. It has five or six strings, tuned: A, E, G sharp, B, E, or G, D, G, B, D, G, the lowest string being in the octave below middle C. Its pitch is an octave lower than its notation.
103Bar, a line across the staff to mark the measures. In England often applied to the measure itself.
105Barbaja, Domenico (bār′-bā-yā), an Italian opera manager, who introduced most of Auber's and Rossini's operas to the world at San Carlo theatre in Naples and La Scala in Milan. 1778-1841.
107Barber of Seville, English name of an opera by Rossini, 1816. Also opera of Paisello 1775.
109Barcarole (Ital. bār′-kă-rōl′), a boat-song. A piece written in the rocking movement of a boatman.
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