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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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1Eligiac. In the style of an elegy.
2Embellishment. The ornaments of melody, as trill, turn, mordent, etc.
3Embouchure (Fr.) (om-booshoor). (1) The mouth-piece of a wind instrument. (2) The position and management of the mouth and lips of the player.
4E moll (Ger.). E minor.
5Empater les sons (Fr.) (om-pahteh leh song). Literally, to strike the sounds together; to sing extremely legato.
6Empfindung (Ger.) (emp-fin-doonk). Emotion; passion.
7Emporté (Fr.) (om-por-teh), Empressé (Fr.) (om-pres-sch). Hurried; eager; passionate.
8Encore (Fr.) (ong-core), Ancora (It.). Again; a demand for the re-appearance of a performer; the piece sung or played on the re-appearance of the performer.
9Energia (It.) (eh-nur-jea), con. With energy.
10Energico, Energicamente, Energisch (Ger.). Energetic; forcibly.
11Enfatico (It.) (en-fa'-tee-ko). Emphatic; decided.
12Enfasi (It.) (en-fah'-see), con. With emphasis.
13Engelstimme (Ger.). Angel voice; a soft organ-stop; vox angelica.
14Enharmonic. In modern music, a change of the letter without changing the pitch, as, C#, D#.
15Enharmonic Modulation. A modulation in which the above change takes place, as,
17Ensemble (Fr.) (ong-sombl). Altogether. (1) The union of all the performers. (2) The effect produced by this union. (3) The manner in which a composition for many performers is "put together."
18Entr'acte (Fr.) (on-trakt). Between the acts; music performed between the acts of a drama.
19Entrata (It.), Entrée (Fr.). Entry; introduction, prelude; the first movement of a serenata.
21Eichberg, Julius. Composer; Germany. B. 1824.
22Elson, Louis C. Critic, historian; U. S. A. B. 1848.
23Elvey, Sir George J. Organist, composer; England. B. 1816.
24Elvey, Stephen, brother of preceding. B. 1805; d. 1860.
26Entschlossen (Ger.) (ent-shlos-sen). Resolute; resolutely.
27Entusiasmo (It.) (ehn-too'-see-as-mo), con. With enthusiasm.
28Eolian or Æolian. (1) One of the Greek and ecclesiastical scales. (2) A species of harp played on by the wind.
29Epicede (Fr.), Epecedio (It.) (ep-ee-che-dee-o). A funeral dirge.
30Epinette (Fr.). A spinet.
31Episode. The parts of a fugue that intervene between the repetitions of the main theme.
32Epithalamium. A wedding song.
33E poi (It.). And then; after.
34Equabile (It.) (eh-qua-bee-leh). Equal; steady.
35Equabilmente. Equally; steadily.
36Equal Voices. A composition is said to be for equal voices when written for men's only or women's only. When male and female voices are combined the music is said to be for mixed voices.
37Equisono (It.). Equal sounding; unison.
38Equivocal Chords. Dissonant chords that are common to two or more keys, or that may be enharmonically substituted for each other, as the diminished 5th chord, diminished 7th chord, and augmented 6th chord.
39Ergriffen (Ger.). Affected; moved.
40Ergriffenheit. Emotion.
41Erhaben (Ger.). Lofty; sublime.
42Erhabenheit. Sublimity.
43Ermattet (Ger.). Exhausted.
44Ernst (Ger.). Earnest; serious.
45Eroica (It.) (eh-ro'-ee-ka). Heroic.
46Erotic. Amatory. [Gr. Eros, Cupid.]
47Ersterbend (Ger.). Dying away; morendo.
48Es (Ger.). E flat.
49Es dur (Ger.). E flat major.
50Es-es (Ger.). E double flat.
51Es moll (Ger.). E flat minor.
52Espagnuolo (It.) (ehs-pan-yu-olo). In Spanish style.
53Espirando (It.). Dying away.
54Espressione (It.) (ehs-pres-see-o-neh), con. With expression.
56Emerick, Albert G. Organist; U. S. A. B. 1817.
57Emory, Stephen. Theorist; U. S. A. B. 1841; d. 1893.
58Epstein, Abraham, b. 1855; Epstein, Marcus, b. 1857, brothers. Four-hand pianists; U. S. A.
59Erard, Sebastian. Piano maker; Paris. B. 1752; d. 1831.
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