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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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1Idée fixée (Fr.) (e-deh fix-eh). Fixed idea; a name given by Berlioz to a short theme used as the principal motive of an extended composition.
3Idyl [Fr., Idylle; Gr., Eidullion]. A small image or form; a short, tender piece of music generally of a pastoral character.
5Il piu (It.) (eel peu). The most. Il piu forte possibile, as loud as possible.
7Imitando (It.). Imitating; as, Imitando la voce, imitating the voice; a direction to the instrumentalist to imitate the vocalist.
9Imitation. A device in counterpoint; a musical phrase being given by one voice is immediately repeated by another voice. There are many varieties of imitation: (1) By augmentation, when the imitating part is in notes of twice or four times the value of those in the theme. (2) By diminution, when the value of the notes is reduced one-half or one-fourth. (3) By inversion, when the intervals are given by the imitating part in inverted order. Imitation is called Canonic when the order of letters and intervals is exactly repeated, thus:—
11C D E F G A B C
13Strict, when the order of letters only is repeated, as:—
15C D E F A B C D
17Free, when the theme is slightly altered, but not enough to destroy the resemblance. The theme is called the antecedent; the imitation, the consequent. There are other varieties of imitation, but they are now generally obsolete, being more curious than musical.
19Immer (Ger.). Ever; continuously; always.
21Impaziente (It.) (im-pah-tse-en-teh). Impatient; restless.
23Impazientemente (It.). Vehemently; impatiently.
25Imperfect Cadence. Same as Half Cadence.
27Imperfect Consonance. Major and minor thirds and sixths.
29Imperfect Fifth. The diminished fifth.
31Imperioso (It.). Imperiously; with dignity.
33Impeto (It.) (im'-peh-to), con. With impetuosity.
35Impetuoso (It.), Impetuosamente (It.). Impetuously.
37Implied Intervals. Those not expressed in the figuring.
39Imponente (It.) (im'-po-nen-teh). Emphatic; pompous.
41Impromptu. (1) An extemporaneous performance. (2) A piece of music having the character of an extemporaneous performance.
43Improvisation. Unpremeditated music.
45Improvise. To play unpremeditated music.
47Improviser (Fr.) (im-pro-vee-seh), Improvvisare (It.). To extemporize.
49Improvvisatore (It.). An improviser (male).
51Improvvisatrice (It.) (im-prov-vi-sa-tree-cheh). An improviser (female).
53In alt (It.). The notes in the first octave above the treble staff.
55In altissimo (It.). All notes above the octave in alt.
57In nomine (Lat.). In the name; a sort of free fugue.
59Incalzando (It.) (in-cal-tsan-do). To chase; pursue hotly, with constantly increasing vehemence.
61Indeciso (It.) (in-deh-chee-so). With indecision; hesitating.
63Infinite Canon. See Canon.
65Inganno (It.). Deceptive. Cadenza inganno, deceptive cadence.
67Inner Parts. The parts that are neither at the top nor the bottom, as the alto and tenor in a chorus.
69Inner Pedal. A sustained note in an inner part.
71Innig (Ger.). Heartfelt; fervent.
73Innigkeit (Ger.), mit. With fervor; intense feeling.
75Inniglich (Ger.). See Innig.
77Inno (It.). Hymn.
79Innocente (It.) (in-no-chen'-teh), Innocentemente. Innocent; natural.
81Innocenza (inno-chen't'-sah), con. With artlessness.
83Inquieto (It.) (in-quee-eh-to). Unquiet; restless.
85Insensibile (It.) (in-sen-si-bee-leh), Insensibilmente (It.). By imperceptible degrees; gradually.
87Insistendo (It.), Instante (It.), Inständig (Ger.). Urgent; pressing.
89Instrument. Any mechanical contrivance for the production of musical sounds. Instruments are classified as follows: String instruments, wind instruments, pulsatile in-
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