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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
151 lines. Read by computer on 24 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 30. See the scan on archive.org.
1D. Second letter in the natural scale; the third string of the violin; second string of viola and 'cello; abbreviation of Da or Dal; from D. C., da capo, D. S., dal segno.
3Da (It.). From.
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6Da ballo (It.). In dance style.
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9Da camera (It.). Chamber music.
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12Da capo (It.). From the beginning; abbreviated D. C.
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15Da capo al fine. From the beginning to the word fine (fee-neh), the end, or a double bar with ⌫ over it.
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18Da capo al segno (It.) (sehn-yo). From beginning to the sign ⌫.
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21D. C. al ⌫ e poi la coda. From the beginning to the sign, then the coda.
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24D. C. senza replica (It.) (sehntza reh'-plee-cah). From the beginning without repeating the parts.
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27D. C. senza repetizione (reh-peh-tee-shee-o-neh) means the same as above.
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30Da capella (It.). Church music.
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33Daina or Dainos. A Lithuanian love-song.
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36Damper. A mechanism in the piano to stop the vibration of the strings when the finger is raised from the key.
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39Damper Pedal. The miscalled loud pedal, a mechanism controlled by the foot for raising all the dampers at once from the strings.
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42Danse. A piece of music meant to accompany rhythmical movements of the body.
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45Darabookka. An Arabian drum.
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48Dash. (1) A line drawn through a figure (ß) in figured bass signifies the note must be raised chromatically. (2) A short stroke over a note, signifying it is to be played staccato.
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51Daumen (Ger.) (dow-men). The thumb.
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54D dur (Ger.). D major.
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57Début (Fr.) (deh-boo). A first appearance.
59Dalayrac, Nicolas (dah-leh-rak). France. B. 1753; d. 1809.
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62D'Albert, Ch. L. N. Writer of band music; Germany. B. 1809; d. 1886 in London.
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65D'Albert, Eugene, his son. Pianist; Scotland. B. 1864.
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68Damoreau, Laura C. M. (dah-mo-ro), known as Cinti Damoreau (chin-tee). Singer. B. 1801; d. 1863.
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71Damrosch, Leopold. Violinist; Posen. B. 1832; d. 1885.
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74Damrosch, Walter, his son. Composer, conductor; U. S. A. B.
76Decani (Lat.). (1) The dean's side in a cathedral. (2) That part of a choir that occupies the dean's side.
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79Deceptive Cadence. One in which the dominant chord is not followed by the tonic.
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82Decima (Lat.). An organ-stop pitched an octave above the tierce.
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85Deciso (It.) (deh-chee'-so). Decided; energetically.
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88Declamando (It.) (deh-cla-man'-do). In declamatory style.
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91Declamation. The correct enunciation of the words in singing, and their rhetorical accent.
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94Decres. Abbreviation of Decrescendo (It.) (deh-creh-shen'-do). To decrease in volume of sound. Sign:
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97Decuplet. A group of ten notes played in the time of eight of the same denomination.
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100Defective. The diminished 5th is sometimes so called.
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103Degree. From one letter to the next, a degree may be a half-tone, minor second; whole tone, major second; tone and a half, augmented second.
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106Del, Della, Delli, Dello (It.). Of the.
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109Deliberatamente (It.). Deliberately.
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112Deliberato (It.) (deh-lee-beh-rah'-to), con. With deliberation.
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115Delicatamente (It.). Delicately; gently.
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118Delicatezza (It.) (deh-lee-cah-tetza), con. With delicacy.
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121Delicatissimo (It.). Exceedingly delicate.
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124Delicato (It.) (deh-lee-cah-to). Delicate.
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127Délie (Fr.) (deh-lee-a). The reverse of legato. Literally, not tied.
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130Delirio (It.) (deh-lee-reeo), con. With frenzy.
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133Demi-baton (Fr.) (deh-mee-bah-tong). A rest of two measures.
135Dancla, Jean Ch. Violinist; France. B. 1818; d. 1895.
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138David, Felicien C. (dah-veed). Composer; France. B. 1810; d. 1876.
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141David, Ferdinand (dah-veed). Violinist; Germany. B. 1810; d. 1873.
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144Day, Alfred. Theorist; England. B. 1810; d. 1849.
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147De Koven, R. Composer; U. S. A. B. 1859.
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150Delibes, Leo (deh-leeb). Operas; France. B. 1836.
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