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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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1Legno (It.) (lehn-yo). Wood. Col legno, with the wood. A direction in violin playing to strike the strings with the wooden part of the bow.
3Leicht (Ger.). Light; easy.
5Leichtbewegt (Ger.) (beh-vehgt). Light; with motion.
7Leidenschaft (Ger.). Passion; fervency.
9Leidenschaftlich (Ger.). Passionately.
11Leierkasten. Barrel-organ.
13Leiermann. Organ-grinder.
15Leise (Ger.) (lei'-seh). Soft; piano.
17Leiter (Ger.). Ladder. Tonleiter, tone-ladder; scale.
19Leitmotiv (Ger.). Leading motive; a name given by Wagner to certain striking phrases used to indicate certain emotions, characters, or situations.
21Leitton (Ger.). Leading note.
22[Note.—ei in German is sounded like eye in English.]
24Lenezza (It.) (leh-net'-za). Gentleness.
26Leno (It.) (leh'-no). Faint; feeble.
28Lentamente (len-tah-men-teh). Slowly.
30Lentando. Growing slower; retarding.
32Lentezza (len-tet-za). Slowness.
34Lento (It.). Slow, between adagio and grave.
36Lesser. Minor is sometimes so called, as key of C with lesser third; C minor.
38Lesson. A name used in England for the suite, or the various members of it.
40Lesto (It.) (leh'-sto). Lively; brisk.
42Letter Name. The letter used to designate a degree of the scale, key of piano or organ, line or space of the staff.
44Levé (Fr.) (leh-veh). Raised; up-beat.
46Leyer or Leier (Ger.). Lyre.
48Liaison (Fr.) (lee-eh-song). A tie.
50Libellion. A variety of music-box.
52Liberamente (It.) (lee-beh-ra-men'-teh), Librement (Fr.) (leebr-mong). Freely.
54Libretto (It.) (lee-bret-to). Little book; the book of an opera or oratorio, etc.
56License, Freiheit (Ger.), Licence (Fr.), Licenza (It.) (lee-chentza). An intentional disregard of a rule of harmony or counterpoint.
58Liceo (It.) (lee-cheh'-o). Lyceum; academy of music.
60Lie (Fr.) (lee-eh). Tied; bound; legato.
62Lieblich (Ger.). Sweet; lovely.
64Lieblich gedacht. Stopped diapason.
66Lied (Ger.) (leed). Song. Durchkomponiertes Lied (all through composed), a song with different melody, etc., to every stanza. Strophenlied, the same melody repeated with every stanza. Kunstlied, art song; high class of song. Volkslied, people's song; national song.
68Lieder-Cyclus. Song-circle (as Schubert's Müllerin).
70Liederkranz. A singing-society.
72Liederkreis. Song circle; collection of songs.
74Liederspiel. Song-play; operetta; vaudeville.
76Liedertafel (song-table). A social singing-society.
78Ligato. See Legato.
80Ligature. A tie. See Legatura.
82Ligne (Fr.) (leen), Linea (It.) (lee'-neh-ah), Linie (Ger.) (lee-nee-eh). Line.
84Lingua (It.) (ling-wah'). Tongue; reed of organ-pipe.
86Linke Hand (Ger.). Left hand.
88Lip. The upper and lower edges of the mouth of an organ pipe. To lip, the act of blowing a wind instrument.
90Lippenpfeife or Labialpfeife (Ger.). A flue pipe-organ.
92Lira (It.) (lee'-ra). Lyre.
94Lirico (It.) (lee'-ree-co). Lyric.
96Liscio (It.) (lee'-sho). Smooth.
98L'istesso (It.) (lis-tes'-so). See Istesso.
100Lemoine, Jean B. (le-mo-ane). Composer; France. B. 1751; d. 1796.
102Leschetitsky, Theodor (leh-shay-tit'-skee). Composer, pianist; Austria. B. 1831.
104Leslie, Henry D. Composer, conductor; London. B. 1822.
106Leybach, Ignace (li'-bach). Composer, pianist; Alsace. B. 1817; d. 1891.
108Lickl, J. G. Composer, organist; Germany. B. 1769; d. 1841.
110Liebling, Emil (leeb-ling). Pianist; Silesia. B. 1851.
112Lille, Gaston de (leel). Composer; France. B. 1825.
114Lind, Jenny. Vocalist; Sweden. B. 1820; d. 1887.
116Lindley, Rob. Violoncellist; England. B. 1776; d. 1855.
118Lindley, Wm., son of R. Violoncellist; England. B. 1802; d. 1869.
120Lindpaintner, Peter J. von. Composer; Coblenz. B. 1791; d. 1856.
122Linley, George. Composer; England. B. 1798; d. 1865.
124Linley, Thomas. Composer; England. B. 1732; d. 1795.
126Linley, William. Composer; England. B. 1767; d. 1835.
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