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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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1Catlings. The smallest lute strings.
2Cattivo tempo (It.) (cat-tee-vo). The weak beat; literally, bad beat.
3Cauda (Lat.). The tail or stem of a note.
4Cavalet'ta (It.). See Cabaletta.
5Cavalet'to (It., little horse). (1) Small bridge. (2) The break in the voice.
6Cavatina (It.) (cah-vah-tee'-nah). A short air; a song without a repetition of the first member.
7C Clef. See Clef.
8Cebell. A theme consisting of alternate passages of high and low notes, upon which "divisions" or variations were played on the lute or viol.
9Celere (It.) (cheh'-leh-reh). Quick; rapid.
10Celerita (It.) (che-leh'-ree-tah), con. With speed.
11Celeste (Fr.). Celestial. The soft pedal of the piano.
12'Cello (It.) (chel-lo). Abbreviation of violoncello.
13Cembalo (It.) (chem'-ba-lo). Harpsichord; piano.
14Cembalist (It.) (chem-ba-list). A pianist.
15Cembanella or Cennamella (It.). A flute or flageolet.
16Cercar la nota (It.) (cher-car la no-ta). To slur or slide from one note to the next. Same as Portamento.
17Ces (Ger.) (tsehs). C2.
18Chacona (Sp.) (cha-co'-na), Ciaconna (It.) (chea-con'-na), Chaconne (Fr.) (sha-con). A slow dance in 3/4 time, written on a ground bass of eight measures, sometimes introduced in the suite.
19Chair Organ. Choir organ.
20Chalameau (shah-lah-mo) or Chalumeau (Fr.). See Calamus.
21Chamber Music. Vocal or instrumental music suitable for performance in small rooms. Generally applied now to sonatas, trios, quartets, etc., for instruments.
22Change of Voice. (1) Passing from one register to another. (2) The change from the child's to the adult's voice in boys. Generally occurs between fourteen and seventeen years of age.
23Changes. The various melodies produced by the various ways in which a chime is rung.
24Change Ringing. The art of ringing chimes.
25Changing Chord. A chord struck with a bass that is not a member of the chord.
27Changing Notes (nota cambiata, It.). Dissonant notes struck on the beat or accent; appoggiaturas.
28Chanson (Fr.) (shan-song). A song, a part song; formerly a part song resembling a madrigal.
29Chansonnette (Fr.) (shan-son-net). A little song.
30Chant. A form of composition in which reciting notes alternate with phrases sung in time. There are two forms of chant, Anglican and Gregorian. The Anglican chant may be single, i.e., with the reciting notes and two inflections (phrases in time) or double, that is, the length of two single chants. The Gregorian chant consists of: (1) The intonation. (2) The dominant or reciting note. (3) The mediation (analogous to the inflection, but not in strict time). (4) The dominant again. (5) Ending or cadence. The chant was undoubtedly first sung to metrical words, therefore was as rhythmic as a modern melody. This rhythmic character has been lost by adapting prose words to it.
31Chant (Fr.) (shawnt). Song; melody; tune; vocal part.
32Chantant (Fr.) (shong-tawnt). Singing. Café chantant, a café where singing is part of the entertainment.
33Chanter. (1) A singing priest. (2) The melody pipe of the bagpipe.
34Chanterelle (Fr.) (shong-ta-rell). The highest string of the violin, viola, and violoncello; also of the guitar and lute.
35Chanteur (Fr.) (shong-ture). A singer (male).
36Chanteuse (Fr.) (shong-toose). A singer (female).
37Chant pastoral (Fr.). Shepherd's song.
38Characters. The signs used in written music.
39Characterstimme (Ger.). Lit., character voice; any solo-stop on the organ.
40Characterstücke (Ger.) (ka-rak'-ter-stee-ke). Character pieces; descriptive music, as the pastoral symphony.
41Chasse, à la (Fr.) (a la shass). In the hunting style.
42Chef d'attaque (Fr.) (shef d'at-tak). The chorus leader, or leading instrument of any division of the orchestra.
43Chef d'oeuvre (Fr.) (shef d'oovr). Masterwork.
44Chef d'orchestre (Fr.) (shef d'or-kestr'). Conductor of the orchestra; leader.
45Chest of Viols. A "chest" containing two trebles, two tenors, and two basses. Called also "consort of viols."
47Chaminade, Mlle. C. (shah-mee-nad'). Pianist, composer; France. B. 1860.
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