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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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1Schusterfleck (Ger.). See Rosalia.
2Schwach (Ger.). Weak; soft.
3Schwärmer (Ger.). See Rauscher.
4Schwebung (Ger.) (shveh'-boonk). A beat. (Acoustic,) i.e., produced by the simultaneous vibration of two sounds, especially prominent in unisons and octaves when not in tune.
5Schweigezeichen (Ger.) (schvei'-geh tseichen). Lit., "silence sign." A rest.
6Schwellen or Anschwellen (Ger.). To swell the tone.
7Schweller (Ger.). The swell organ.
8Schwellton (Ger.). See Messa di Voce.
9Schwellwerk (Ger.). See Schweller.
10Schwer (Ger.). Heavy; difficult.
11Schwermütig (Ger.) (schvehr'-mee-tig). Sad; pensive.
12Schwindend (Ger.). See Morendo.
13Schwungvoll (Ger.) (schvoong'-foll). With elevated passion.
14Scintillante (It.) (shin-til-lan'-teh), Scintillante (Fr.) (sin-tee-yong). Scintillating; brilliant; sparkling.
15Sciolto (It.) (shol'-to), Scioltezza (shol-tet'-za), con, Scioltamente (shol-tah men'-teh). Freedom; fluency; with freedom; freely.
16Score. See Partitur.
17Scoring. See Instrumentation.
18Scorrendo (It.) (skor-ren'-do), Scorrevole (skor-reh'-vo-leh). Gliding; glissando.
19Scotch Snap. A short note followed by a longer one; thus borrowed from Hungarian gypsy music.
20Scozzese (It.) (skotz-zeh'-seh), alla. In Scotch style.
21Scroll. The head of the violin, etc.
22Sdegno (It.) (sdehn'-yo). Scorn; disdain.
23Sdegynosamente (It.) (sdehn'-yo – sa – men'-teh). Scornfully.
24Sdegnoso (It.) (sdehn-yo'-so). Scornful.
25Sdruciolando (It.) (sdroot – sho – lan'-do). See Glissando.
26Se (It.) (seh). As if.
27Sec (Fr.), Secco (It.). Dry. See Recitative.
29Second. (1) An interval embracing adjacent letters. (2) The lower of two equal voices or instruments. (3) The alto in a vocal quartet or chorus.
30Seconda Donna. Second lady; the next in rank after the prima donna.
31Secondo (It.) (seh-con'-do). Second; the lower part in a duet for two voices or instruments; the lower part in a four-hand pianoforte composition. one of two readings
32Secondo (It.) (seh-con'-do). Second; the lower part in a duet for two voices or instruments; the lower part in a four-hand piano-forte composition. one of two readings
33Seele (Ger.) (seh'-leh), Ame (Fr.). Soul. The sound-post of the violin.
34Seg. (It.). Abbreviation of Segue, q. v., and of Segno.
35Segno (It.). See abbreviation S.
36Segue (It.) (sehg'-weh). Follows. Segue il coro, the chorus follows.
37Seguendo (It.) (sehg-wen'-do), Seguente (sehg-wen'-teh). Following. Attacca il seguente, attack what follows.
38Seguidilla (Sp.) (seh-gwee-deel'-ya). A dance in 3/4 time.
39Sehnsucht (Ger.). Longing.
40Sehnsüchtig (Ger.). Longingly.
41Sehr (Ger.). Very.
42Semi-breve. A whole note. 0
43Semi-chorus. Half the chorus; a small chorus.
44Semi-grand. A small (half) grand pianoforte.
45Semi-quaver. A sixteenth note.
46Semi-tone. A half tone. A chromatic semi-tone changes the pitch without changing the letter; as, C—C♯; a diatonic semi-tone changes both, as, C—D♭.
47Semplice (It.) (sem-plee'-cheh). Simple.
48Semplicemente (It.) (sem-plee-chee-men'-teh). Simply; unaffectedly.
49Semplicita (It.) (sem-plee'-chee-tah), con. With simplicity.
50Sempre (It.) (sem'-preh). Always.
51Sensibile (It.) (sen-see'-bee-leh), Sensible (Fr.) (song-seebl). Nota sensibile, the leading note. Note sensible, "sensitive" note.
52Sensibilita (It.) (sen-see-bee'-lee-tah), con. With feeling.
53Sentito (It.) (sen – tee' – to), Sentimento (sen-tee-men'-to), con. With feeling; with sentiment.
55Schuppanzigh, Ignaz (shup'-pan – tzigh). Violinist; Austria. B. 1776; d. 1830.
56Schütt, Ed. Pianist; Russia. B. 1856.
57Sechter, S. Composer, organist; Germany. B. 1788; d. 1867.
58Seeling, Hans. Pianist, composer; Bohemia. B. 1828; d. 1862.
59Seguin, A. E. S. Basso; England. B. 1809; d. 1852.
60Seguin, Ann Childe (wife of A. E. S.). Soprano; England. B. 18—; d. 1888.
61Seguin, W. H. (brother of A. E. S.). Basso; England. B. 1814; d. 1850.
62Seidl, Anton. Conductor; Hungary. B. 1850.
63Sembrich, Marzella. Soprano; Germany. B. 1858.
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