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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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1B. The seventh or leading tone of the natural major scale; in German, the note or key of B♭, B♮ being called H.
3Baborak or Baboracka. A Bohemian dance.
5Backfall. An ornament in harpsichord or lute music, written played
7Badinage (Fr.) (bah-dee-naje). Banter; railery.
9Bagatelle (Fr.) (bah-gah-tell). A trifle; a name frequently given to short pieces of music.
11Bag-pipe. An instrument consisting of a leather bag into which air is forced either from a bellows or by the mouth of the player; furnished with from two to four pipes, one pipe with double reed pierced with holes upon which the melody is played, called in Scotland the chanter; the remaining pipes with single reeds, called drones, sound continuously the first and fifth of the scale or first fifth and octave.
13Bajadere or Bayadere (by-a-dehr). East Indian dancing girl.
15Bakkia (bak-kee-ah). A Kamiskatdale dance.
17Balabile (It.) (bah-lah-bee'-leh). Any piece of music written for dancing purposes.
19Ballad. A simple song, originally a song to accompany dancing; derived from the low Latin word ballare, to dance; in its French form, ballade, it is used by modern composers as a title for extended lyric compositions, as the ballades of Chopin.
21Balladenmässig (Ger.) (bal-la'-den-meh-sich). In ballad style.
23Ballad-opera. An opera made up of simple songs, and without recitative.
25Balafo (bah-lah-fo). An African instrument resembling the xylophone; a South American variety is called the marimba.
27Balalaika (Russ.) (bah-lah-lye'-ka). A Russian guitar with three or four strings, the body triangular.
29Ballata (It.). A ballad.
31Ballerina (It.) (bal-leh-ree'-nah). A female ballet dancer.
33Ballet (Eng.), called also Fa-la. An old form of part song in simple counterpoint.
35Ballet (Fr.) (bal-leh). A combination of music and dancing, designed to tell a story in pantomime.
37Balletto (It.) (bal-let'-to). A ballet. Used as a name for a movement by Bach.
39Ballo (It.). A dance; a ball.
41Ballo in maschera (mas-keh-rah). Masked ball.
43Band. (1) A company of instrumentalists. (2) The term is used to distinguish the various groups of instruments in the orchestra; as, string band, wood band, brass band. (3) The commonest use of the word is as applied to a company of players on brass instruments. (4) A band composed of wood and brass instruments is called a harmony band.
45Band (Ger.) (bont). A volume; a part.
47Banda (It.) (ban-dah). A band.
49Bandola (ban-do'-lah). A variety of mandolin.
51Bandora (Fr.) (ban-do'-rah), Bandore (Eng.), Pandoura (Gk.). An obsolete instrument of the guitar family.
53Bandurria (Span.) (ban-door-ree-ah). A variety of guitar with wire strings.
55Banger, Bania, Banja, Banjo. An instrument resembling a guitar, with a circular body, consisting of a broad hoop of wood covered with parchment, generally provided with five strings. The modern banjo is furnished with frets and with a screw mechanism to tighten the parchment.
57Bar. A line drawn across the staff or staves to divide the music into portions of equal duration. The portion enclosed between two bars is called a measure. The almost universal custom of musicians, however, is to use bar in the sense of measure.
59Barbaro (It.) (bar'-bah-ro). Savagely; ferocious.
61Barbiton (Gk.). (1) A variety of lyre. (2) A string instrument resembling the violoncello (obsolete).
63Barcarole, Barcarolle (Fr.) (bar-ca-rol), Barcarola (It.) (bar-ca-ro-lah), Barcaru-
65many. B. 1710; d. 1784. Sons of J. S. Bach.
67Baillot, Pierre Marie François de Sales (bai-yo). Violinist; France. B. 1771; d 1842.
69Balatka, Hans. Pianist and conductor; Germany. B. 1827.
71Balfe, Michael William. Opera and song writer. B. 1808; d. 1870.
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