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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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1Fanfare (Fr.), Fanfara (It.). A brilliant trumpet call or flourish; a brass band.
3Fantasia (It.), Fantasie (Ger.), Fantaisie (Fr.). A composition that is not in any of the regular forms; often used of pianoforte arrangements of themes from operas.
5Fantasia, Free. The name sometimes given to that part of a sonata that comes after the double bar; the Durchführung or development.
7Fantasiren (Ger.) (fan-ta-see-ren). To improvise.
9Fantastico (It.), Fantastique (Fr.). Fantastic; grotesque.
11Farandola (It.), Farandole or Farandoule (Fr.). A rapid dance in 6/8 time, Southern France and Italy.
13Fascia (It.) (fashiah). A tie.
15F Clef. See Clef.
17F dur (Ger.). F major.
19Feierlich (Ger.). Festal; pompously; grandly; solemnly.
21Feld (Ger.). Field; open air.
23Feldmusik. Military music.
25Feldton. The key of E♭2, often used for military band music.
27Fermata (It.) [from fermare, to stay]. A pause. A cessation of accompaniment and time, while a soloist executes a cadenza.
29Fermato, Fermamente (It.). Firmly; decidedly.
31Feroce (It.) (feh-ro'-cheh). Wild; fierce.
33Ferocita (It.) (feh-ro'-chee-tah), con. With ferocity.
35Fertig (Ger.). Quick; ready; nimble.
37Fertigkeit. Dexterity; technical skill.
39Fervente (It.) (fer-ven'-teh). Fervent; vehement.
41Fes (Ger.). F flat.
43Fest (Ger.). Festival.
45Fest (Ger.). Fast; fixed.
47Fester Gesang. Canto firmo.
49Festgesang. Festival song.
51Festivo (It.) (fes-tee'-vo). Festive; solemn.
53Festivamen'te (It.). Festively; solemnly.
55Festivita (It.) (fes-tee'-vee-ta), con. With joyfulness.
57Festo'so (It.). Gay; joyful.
59Feuer (Ger.) (foy-ehr). Fire.
61Feuerig (Ger.). Fiery.
63F-holes. The openings in the belly of instruments of the violin family; so called from their shape, f.
65Fiacco (It.) (fee-ak'-ko). Weak; faint.
67Fiasco (It.). A failure; breakdown. Literally, "a flask."
69Fiato (It.). Breath.
71Fiddle. This word and "violin" both come from the same root—the Low Latin word vitula.
73Fidicen (Lat.). A harp or lute player. [From Lat. fides, a string, and cano, to sing.]
75Fidicinal. A general term for string instruments.
77Fiedel (Ger.). Fiddle.
79Fieramente (It.). Proudly; fiercely.
81Fiero (It.) (fee-eh-ro), Fier (Fr.) (fee-eh). proud; fierce.
83Fife, Fifre (Fr.), Piffero (It.), Querpfeife (Ger.) (kvehr-pfei-feh). A small flute without keys, an octave higher than the flute, used in conjunction with drums for military purposes.
85Fifteenth. An organ-stop of 2-foot pitch; open; metal.
87Fifth. (1) An interval which includes five letters. (2) The dominant of the key.
89Figure. (1) A form of accompaniment maintained without change. (2) A repeated melodic phrase. (3) Sequence.
91Figured Bass, Basso figurato (It.), Basse chiffre (Fr.). A bass with figures over it (or under it) to indicate the chord each note is to bear. Invented as a species of musical short-hand it has been retained as a means of teaching harmony, although its warmest advocates admit its inadequacy to the indication of modern harmony.
93Filar la voce (It.) (feelar-la-vocheh), Filer la voix (Fr.) (fee-leh-la-voa). To sustain a sound with even tone. Literally, to spin like a thread.
95Fin (Fr.) (fang), Fine (It.) (fee-neh). End.
97Finale (It.) (fee-nah-leh). Final. The last movement of a sonata or symphony or of the act of an opera.
99Fesca, F. E. Composer; Germany. B. 1789; d. 1826.
101Fétis, F. J. (feh-tees). Essayist, composer; France. B. 1784; d. 1871.
103Field, John. Pianist; Ireland. B. 1782; d. 1837.
105Fillmore, J. C. Pianist, essayist; U. S. A. B. 1843.
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