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Pronouncing dictionary and condensed encyclopedia of musical terms, instruments, composers, and important works, 1895
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1Florid, music in rapid figures, trills, runs, roulades, etc. Variations are the readiest examples of florid writing.
3Flotow, Friedrich (flō-tō), a German opera composer, born April 27, 1812, at Mecklenberg. Resides at present in the neighborhood of Vienna. F. is the author of no less than 14 or 15 operas, of which "Stradella," "Martha," "L'Ombre" have been extremely successful. Flotow is a pleasing melodist and a genial musician. D. 1883.
5Fluegel (Ger. flēē'-gēl), a wing. The name of the grand piano-forte, suggested by its shape.
7Fluegel Horn, a brass instrument of the Bugle kind, used in the German armies. The F.H. now used is a Bb cornet with pistons and a horn mouth-piece.
9Flue-work. Organ pipes in which the tone is generated by the wind passing through a fissure, flue, or wind-way, and striking against an edge above, all belong to the Flue-work, as distinguished from the Reed-work, which see.
11Flute, called also German Flute, to distinguish it from the flute a bec, a kind of flageolet. Produces three octaves of tones from D below the treble staff. The Boehm flute is an important improvement in the mechanism of the keys, having the effect of equalizing the difficulty of playing in different keys. An organ stop now made in 8 ft., 4 ft. and 2 ft. pitch, and of several qualities.
13Flute d'Amour (Fr. flut dām-oor'), a flute of light and pleasing tone. Used also as name for a 4 ft. organ register.
15Foot, a measure in prosody. 2. That part of an organ pipe below the mouth. Also used as part of the pitch designation, as 8 ft., the normal pitch. See Pitch.
17Fontana, J. (fōn-tā'-nā), a composer of pleasing salon pieces for piano.
19Fontaine, Henri L. S., a noted piano-forte virtuoso and composer. B. 1816 at Wisniewiec.
21Foerster, Emanuel Aloys (fūrs'tēr) a German composer of chamber music, and a theorist. Born 1748. Died at Vienna 1823. Held in high esteem by Beethoven.
23Form, the organization of musical ideas into phrases, sections, periods, period-groups and complete forms. See Part Second. Also in general, the external part of an art-work. See Chap. 22.
25Formes, Karl (fōr'-mēs), a celebrated bass singer, born 1810. Came to America in 1857. Led rather an irregular life.
27Forte (Ital. fōr'-tē), loud.
29Fortissimo (Ital. fōr-tees'-sī-mō), superlative of the preceding. As loud as possible.
31Forte-Piano in its abbreviation fp. signifies a first note forte, and all the rest piano. Much used by Mozart.
33Fortzando (Ital. fōrt-zān'-dō). Forcing. A sudden force, emphasis or accent on a particular note or chord.
35Forza del Destino, La (fōrd-zā dēl dēs-tē'-nō). Tragic opera by Verdi. 1862.
37Fourth, the interval between any tone of the scale and the next but two above or below. The perfect fourth has the vibrational ratio 3:4.
39Fra Diavolo (frā dī-āv'-ō-lo). Opera in 3 acts by Auber. 1830.
41Fradel, Charles (frā'-dēl), a German musician, piano teacher, composer and arranger, for many years resident in New York. Born in 1821.
43Franz, Robert, the most distinguished song-writer, and one of the foremost musicians of the present time. Born June 28, 1815, at Hallé, Handel's birth-place. Franz studied music against his parents' wishes; when his first set of 12 songs (1843) were published they attracted the favorable notice of Schumann and afterwards of Gade, Mendelssohn, etc., after which he had a pleasanter time. His hearing becoming affected, he was obliged to relinquish (in 1868) his employment as organist and lecturer on music at the University of Hallé. Franz is the author of very many songs, and of many other compositions. Besides which, he has added missing parts to several of the scores of Bach and Handel, thereby rendering them available for modern use.
45Free Reed, a reed in which one end of the vibrator or tongue swings entirely through the opening in the metal socket at each vibration. Opposed to "impinging" reed, in which the vibrator beats upon the socket. Free reeds are used in accordions, flutinas, melodeons, harmoniums, reed organs, and in free reed organ pipes, the chief of which are the "euphone" and "vox angelica."
47Free Fugue, a fugue in which the rules are not strictly observed.
49Free Style, or simply Free Composition. Composition in which the rules of part writing are not observed, and no stated number of voices is maintained.
51Freischuetz, Der (fri'-sheetz), "The Free-shooter." Opera in 3 acts by Weber. 1821.
53French Horn. The orchestral horn, a brass instrument consisting of a very long tube curved into a circular form, and furnished with valves like a sax-horn. It produces a beautifully clear and mellow tone, or it can be blown brilliantly like the trumpet. Very difficult of intonation.
55French Sixth. A name sometimes applied to the sharp 6th, 4th, and 3d.
57Frescobaldi, Girolamo, the most distinguished organist of the 17th century. Born at Ferrara about 1587. Was organist of St. Peters, at Rome, from 1615. Published many works for the organ and for voices, the last of which appeared about 1657.
59Frets, small pieces of wood or metal fixed transversely on the fingerboard of the guitar and lute for the purpose of marking the place for applying the fingers.
61Froberger, Johann Jacob, (frō'-bār-gēr), an eminent organist, born at Hallé. Was appointed court organist to the Emperor Ferdinand III., in 1635-1695. Was a pupil of Frescobaldi.
63Frisch (Ger.), lively.
65Froelich (Ger. frū'-līsh), joyous, gay.
67Fugato (Ital. fū-gā'-to), an irregularly constructed movement in fugue style.
69Fughetta (Ital. fū-gōt'-tā), a short, but strictly composed fugue.
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