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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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1Quattro mani (It.) (quat-tro man-nee). Four hands.
2Quatuor. See Quartet.
3Quaver. An eighth-note.
4Querflöte (Ger.) (kvehr-fla'-teh), Flauto traverso (It.). "Cross-flute." The flute played by blowing across it, as distinguished from the old flute, blown at the end.
5Queue (Fr.) (koo). Tail-piece of violin; stem of a note.
6Quickstep. A rapid march, generally in 6/8 time.
7Quinable. An old species of counterpoint, consisting of a succession of fifths above the cantus.
8Quint. (1) A 5th. (2) An organ-stop a 5th above the diapason.
9Quint Viola. An organ-stop of the Gamba species a 5th or 12th above the diapason.
10Quintaton. An organ-stop so voiced that it gives two sounds—the fundamental and the 12th. The pipes are of metal, slender and closed.
12Quinte (Ger.) (kvin-teh). (1) The interval of a 5th. (2) The E-string of the violin.
13Quintet. A composition for five solo performers. The string quintet generally consists of first and second violins, first and second violas, and violoncello; occasionally two violoncellos are used, in which case it is called a Violoncello Quintet to distinguish it from the former. The Piano Quintet consists of a string quartet and the piano.
14Quintole (Ger.) (kvin-to'-leh). A group of five notes to be played in the time of four of the same value.
15Quintuor (Fr.) (kang-too-or), Quintetto (It.), Quintett (Ger.) (kvin-tet). Quintet, or quintette.
16Quintuplet. Quintole.
17Quire and Quirester. Old English for choir and chorister.
18Quodlibet (Lat.) (quod-lee'-bet). "What you will." A performance in which every participant sings or plays a different tune; an impromptu fantasia; a musical jest.
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21R. Abbreviation for Right. In French organ music, for Recit. (swell manual).
22Rabbia (It.) (rab'-be-a), con. With fury.
23Rackett or Rankett. An obsolete instrument resembling the double bassoon; a 16- or 18-foot stop in old organs.
24Raddolcendo (It.) (rad-dol-chen'-do), Raddolcente (rad-dol-chen'-teh), Raddolcito (rad-dol-chee'-to). Growing gradually softer and sweeter.
25Radiating Pedals. A fan-shaped arrangement of the pedal keys of the organ; the narrow end of the fan farthest from the organ. Radiating pedals are generally "concave" at the same time, that is, the pedals at the sides are higher than those in the middle.
26Radical Bass. The root of a chord.
27Rallentamento (It.) (ral-len-ta-men'-to). Slower. Same as Piu lento, or Meno mosso.
28Rallentando (It.) (ral-len-tan'-do), Rallentato (ral-len-tah'-to), Rallentare (ral-len-tah'-reh). Gradually slower. Abbreviation for the above, Rall.
29Note.—Rallentando and Ritenuto, although both mean to "get slower," differ somewhat in the manner of using them: Rallentando being used at the end of a piece (movement); Ritenuto in the course of a piece, followed by "A Tempo," when the original pace is to be resumed. Rallentando is used in the same way as Ritenuto. Abbreviation for both is Rit.
31Rank. A row of organ-pipes belonging to one stop. Mixture-stops are of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 ranks, according to the number of pipes that "speak" for each key.
32Rant. An old dance. In Scotland many dance-tunes are called rants.
33Ranz des vaches (Fr.) (rongs deh vash). Lit., "row of cows." Tunes played or sung by the Swiss as cattle calls. (In Ger., Kuhreihen.) As the Alpine horn is a simple tube, the melodies played on it are formed from the natural harmonic notes. When the ranz des vaches are sung, the melodies are varied by adding the characteristic Jodel. Many of these melodies are of great antiquity and exceeding beauty.
34Rapidamente (It.) (rah-pid-a-men'-teh). Rapidly.
35Rapidita (It.) (rah-pid'-ee-tah), con. With rapidity.
36Rapido (It.) (rah'-pee-do). Rapid.
37Rasgado (Sp.). In guitar-playing, a direction to sweep the strings with the thumb.
38Rattenuto (It.) (rat-teh-noo'-to), Rattenendo (It.) (rat-teh-nen-do). Holding back the movement.
39Rauschquinte (Ger.) (rowsh'-kvin-teh). A two-rank mixture-stop.
41Rameau, J. P. (rah-mo). Composer, theorist; France. B. 1683; d. 1764.
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