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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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1Free Fugue. One that does not conform to strict rules.
2Free Parts. Parts added to a canon or fugue that take no part in its development.
3Free Reed. See Reed.
4Free Style. The reverse of strict contrapuntal style.
5French Horn. See Horn.
6French Sixth. The augmented 6th with augmented 4th and major 3d.
8French Violin Clef. The G clef on the first line (obsolete).
9Frets. Pieces of wood, metal, or ivory, set across the fingerboard of some string instruments, raised slightly above its surfaces, to regulate the pitch of the sounds; the finger is pressed on the string behind the fret, which then acts as a bridge.
10Fretta (It.), con. With haste; hurry.
11Frisch (Ger.). Fresh; lively.
12Fröhlich (Ger.). Gay; cheerful.
13Frottola (It.). A comic ballad.
14Fuga, Fugue (It.), Fuge (Ger.) (foo-geh). [From Lat., fuga, flight.] The parts seeming to fly one after another; the highest development of counterpoint; a composition developed from one or two (sometimes three) short themes, according to the laws of imitation. The chief elements of a fugue are: (1) Subject, or theme. (2) Answer, imitation of theme at 5th above or below. (3) Counter-subject, an additional theme which accompanies the main theme. (4) Episodes; these connect the various repetitions of the theme together. (5) Organ point, generally used before the stretto. (6) Stretto, a drawing together of the subject and answer; the stretto is often written on an organ point.
16Froberger, J. J. (fro-behr-gehr). Organist; Germany. B. 1615; d. 1667.
17Fry, Wm. H. Composer; U. S. A. B. 1815; d. 1854.
19(7) Coda, the free ending after the development is completed. Although all these things enter into the fugue, it is not necessary that every fugue should include all of them. There are many varieties of fugue, now happily relegated to the limbo of musical antiquities. The most important are the Real fugue, in which the subject and answer are identical, and the Tonal fugue, in which an alteration must be made in the theme to prevent its going out of the key. In the tonal fugue the subject moves from the tonic to the dominant, or the reverse. The answer must move from dominant to tonic, or the reverse.
20Fugara. An open, metal pipe organ-stop, generally of 4-foot tone.
21Fugato. In fugue style. Aria fugato, a song with fugue-like accompaniment.
22Fughetto (It.). A slightly developed fugue.
23Full Cadence. Perfect cadence. See Cadence.
24Fundamental. The generator or root of a chord.
25Fundamental Bass. The roots of the harmonics on which a piece is constructed.
26Fundamental Position. A chord with its root at the bass.
27Funèbre (Fr.) (foo-nebr), Funerale (It.) (foo-neh-rah'-leh). Funereal; dirge-like.
28Fuoco (It.) (foo-o'-ko). Fire. Con fuoco, with fire.
29Furia (It.) (foo'-re-ah), con. With fury.
30Furibundo (It.), Furioso (It.). Furiously; savagely.
31Furlano (It.). See Forlana.
32Furniture. A mixture-stop in the organ.
33Furore (It.) (foo-ro'-reh), con. With fury; passion.
34Fusée (Fr.) (foo-seh'). A slide from one sound to another.
36Fuchs or Fux, J. J. (fooks). Theorist. B. 1660; d. 1741.
37Fumagalli, Adolfo (foo-mah-gal'-lee). Pianist, composer; Italy. B. 1828; d. 1856.
39G
40G. (1) The fifth or dominant of the natural major scale. (2) The fourth or lowest string of the violin. (3) The third string of the viola and violoncello; the first string of the double bass. (4) The letter represented by the G or treble clef. (5) Abbreviation for Gauche (Fr.) (gawsh), left.
41Gagliarda (It.) (gal-yar-dah), Gaillarde (Fr.) (gah-yard). A favorite dance in 3/4 time resembling the minuet.
42Gai (Fr.) (gay), Gaja (It.) (gayah), Gaiement (Fr.) (gay-mong), Gajamente (It.) (gay-a-men-teh). Gay; merry; gaily; merrily.
43Gala (It.) (gah-lah), di gala. Finely; bravely. Literally, in fine array.
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