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Pronouncing dictionary of musical terms, giving the meaning, derivation, and pronunciation … of Italian, German, French, and other words; the names with date of birth and death and nationality of the leading musicians of the last two centuries; English vocabulary, with equivalents in Italian, Germ, 1896
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1Tutta (It.). All. Con tutta forza. With full power.
2Tutti (It.) (too-tee). In scores, a notification to all the performers and singers to take part.
3Tuyau (Fr.) Pipe.
4Tuyau d' orgue. Organ pipe.
5Tuyau à anche. Reed pipe.
7Tuyau à bouche. Flue pipe.
8Twelfth. An organ stop sounding the 12th above the diapason.
9Tympani. See Timpani.
10Tyrolienne (Fr.) (tee-rol-yen). (1) A Tyrolese song for dancing. (2) Tyrolese song with jodel.
12U
13U. C. Abbreviation of Una corda, one string.
14Uebergang (Ger.) (e'-ber-gangk). Passage; transition; modulation.
15Uebung (Ger.) (e'-boonk). Exercise; study; practice.
16Uguale (It.) (oo-gwah'-leh). Equal.
17Ugualmente (It.) (oo-gwahl-men'-teh). Equally; evenly.
18Umfang (Ger.) (oom-fangk). Compass.
19Umore (It.) (oo-mo'-reh), con. With humor.
20Umstimmung (Ger.) (oom-stim-moonk). The change of the pitch of a brass instrument by the addition or change of "crooks;" the change of the pitch of kettle-drums.
21Un (It.) (oon), Una (oo'-nah), Uno (oo'-no). One; as, Una voce, one voice.
22Un or Une (Fr.) (ong, oon). One.
23Unda maris (Lat.). "Wave of the sea." The vox celestis, an organ stop, 8-foot pitch, with a tremulous tone.
24Unessential Dissonances. Those that occur by suspension, the essential dissonances being the 7th and 9th, and, according to some authorities, the 11th and 13th over the dominant.
26Ulrich, Hugo. Composer; Silesia. B. 1827; d. 1872.
28Unessential Notes. Passing and changing notes.
29Ungarisch (Ger.). Hungarian.
30Ungeduldig (Ger.). Impatiently.
31Ungestüm (Ger.). Impetuous; con impeto.
32Unison. Sounds consisting of the same number of vibrations per second. The term "unison passage" is applied to vocal or instrumental parts in the octave also.
33Unisono (It.) (oo-nee-so-no). Unison.
34Unisson (Fr.) (oo-nis-song). Unison.
35Un poco (It.). A little.
36Un pochino (It.) (po-kee'-no), Un pochet-tino (po-ket-tee'-no). A very little.
37Unruhig (Ger.) (oon-roo'-ig). Restless.
38Unschuldig (Ger.) (oon-shool-dig). Innocent.
39Up-bow. In violin playing the motion of the bow from the point to the nut. The sign is \( \vee \); the down-bow \( \ll \).
40Ut (Fr.) (oot). The note C; the first of the Aretinian syllables, changed in Italy to do, a better vowel sound for solfeggio.
41Ut (Lat.). As; like. Ut supra, as before.
43Urspruch, Anton. Pianist, composer. B. 1850.
45V
46V. Abbreviation of Violino, Voce, Volta.
47V-cello. Abbreviation of Violoncello.
48Vla. Abbreviation of Viola.
49Va (It.). Go; as, Va crescendo, go on getting louder.
50Vacillando (It.) (vat-chil-lan'-do). "Vacillating." A direction to play without strict regard to time.
51Vago (It.). Vague; dreamy.
52Valce (It.) (val-cheh), Valse (Fr.) (vals). Waltz; a dance of German origin in \( \frac{3}{4} \) time.
54Vaccai, N. (vak-kah'-ee). Composer; Italy. B. 1790; d. 1848.
56Valse à deux temps (Fr.) (doo tomp). A species of waltz with two steps to each measure.
57Value. The value of a note or rest is its relative duration, the standard being the whole note or rest, which may be divided into half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, thirty-second notes, etc. The value of a note is increased one-half by placing a dot after it; a second dot adds to its value an amount equal to half that of the first. The absolute value of a note depends upon the tempo, i.e., rate of movement of the piece in which it occurs.
59Verdi. G. (vehr'-dee). Composer; Italy. B. 1813.
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