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Pronouncing musical dictionary of technical words, phrases and abbreviations : including definitions of musical terms used by the ancient Hebrews…, 1875
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1AMAN
3Amantes. Persons who composed the songs and plays used by the old Incas of Peru.
4Ambitus, Lat. (ăm-bĭ-tŭs.) Compass or range of sounds; also, the distance between the highest and lowest sounds.
5Ambo, Lat. (ăm-bō.) The desk at which the canons were sung in the middle ages.
6Ambon, Fr. (ănh-bŏnh.) The Ambo.
7Ambrosian Chant. A series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the church by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, in the fourth century, and supposed to have been borrowed from the ancient Greek music.
8Ambrosianus Cantus, Lat. (ăm-brō-sĭ-ă-nŭs kă tŭs.) Ambrosian chant.
9Ambubaje, Gr. (ăm-bū-bă-jě.) The name of a society of strolling flute players among the ancient Greeks.
10Ambulant, Fr. (ănh-bŭ-lănă.) Wandering; an itinerant musician.
11Ame, Fr. (ăm.) The sound-post of a violin, viola, etc.
12Amen, Heb. (ă-mĕn.) So be it. A word used as a termination to psalms, hymns, and other sacred music.
13Amen Chorus. A chorus in which the word amen forms the principal language.
14Ameno, It. (ă-mă-nō.) Charming, pleasing, sweet.
15Amenochord. An instrument resembling a pianoforte.
16American fingering. That style of fingering in which the sign x is used to indicate the thumb in piano playing, in distinction from the German or foreign fingering, in which the thumb is called the first finger.
17American organ. A variety of the harmonium which differs from the European harmonium in in the arrangement of the bellows, and for producing varieties of expression.
18A mezza aria, It. (ă măt-să ā-rē-ă.) An air partly in the style of a recitative; between speaking and singing.
19A mezza voce, It. (ă măt-să vō-tshĕ.) { In a A mezza di voce, It. (ă măt-să dē vō-tshĕ.) } soft subdued tone; with half the power of the voice. The term is also applied to instrumental music.
20A mezza manico, It. (ă măt-sŭ mă-nē-kō.) In violin playing, the placing the hand near the middle of the neck.
21Ammaestratore, It. (ăm-mă-ĕs-tră-tō-rē.) An instructor.
22Ammaestratrice, It. (ăm-mă-ĕs-tră-trē-tshĕ.) An instructress.
23Ammodulato, It. (ăm-mō-doo-lă-tō.) Tuned.
24A moll, Ger. (ă mŏll.) The key of A minor.
25A molto cori, It. (ă mŏl-tō kō-rē.) Full choruses; a collection of choruses.
26A monocorde, Fr. (ă mŏnh-ō-kŏrd.) On one string only.
27Amore, It. (ă-mŏ-rĕ.) Tenderness, affection, love.
28Amore, con, It. With tenderness and affection.
29Amorévole, It. (ă-mŏ-rā-vōl-lĕ.) Tenderly, gently, lovingly.
30Amorévolumente, It. (ă-mŏ-rā-vōl-măn-tĕ.) With extreme tenderness. one of two readings
31Amorévolumente, It. (ă-mŏ-rā-vŏl-măn-tĕ.) With extreme tenderness. one of two readings
33ANCH
35A morésco, It. (ă mō-răs-kō.) In the Moorish style; in the style of a morésco or Moorish dance.
36Amorosamente, It. (ă-mō-rō-ză-măn-tĕ.) In a tender and affectionate style.
37Amoroso, It. (ă-mō-rō-zō.) See Amorosamente.
38Amousikos, Gr. (ă-moo-sĭ-kōs.) Unmusical; a term used by the ancient Greeks implying a deficiency in the organs of sound or want of cultivation.
39Amphibrach, Ger. (ăm-fĭ-brăk.) A musical foot, comprising one short, one long and one short note or syllable, accented and marked thus,———
40Amphimacer, Gr. (ăm-fĭ-mă-sĕr.) A musical foot, comprising one long, one short and one long note, or syllable, accented and marked thus,———
41Amphion, Gr. (ăm-fĭ-ŏn.) The most ancient Greek musician. He played upon the lyre.
42Ampollosamente, It. (ăm-pŏl-lō-ză-măn-tĕ.)
43Ampolloso, It. (ăm-pŏl-lō-zō.)
44In a bombastic and pompous manner.
45Ampoule, Fr. (ănh-poo-lă.) High flown, bombastic.
46Amusement, Fr. (ă-müz-mănă.) A light and pleasing composition frequently employed as an exercise in a course of piano studies.
47Anabasis, Gr. (ă-nă-bă-sĭs.) A succession of ascending tones.
48Anacamptic. (ăn-ă-kămp-tĭk.) The name given by the ancient Greeks to sounds produced by reflection, as echoes.
49Anacamptos, Gr. (ăn-ă-kămp-tŏs.) A course of retrograde or reflected notes; notes proceeding downwards or from acute to grave.
50Anacastic glass. A thin glass vial of the form of a tunnel which when blown upon by the performers is capable of producing a very loud noise.
51Anacreontic, Gr. (ăn-ăk-rē-ŏn-tĭk.) In the Bacchanalian or drinking style.
52Anafil, Spa. (ă-nă-fĕl.) A musical pipe used by the Moors.
53Anafilero, Spa. (ă-nă-fĕl-ĕ-rō.) A player on the anafil.
54Anagaza, Spa. (ă-nă-gă-thă.) A bird call.
55Anakara, It. (ăn-ă-kă-ră.) The kettle drum.
56Anakarista, It. (ăn-ă-kă-rēs-tă.) A tympanist, or kettle-drum player.
57Anakrusis. (ăn-ă-kroo-sĭs.) The up stroke in conducting, or beating time.
58Análisi, It. (ă-nă-lĕ-zĕ.) { An analysis.
59Analyse, Fr. (ăn-ă-lĕz.) }
60Analyzation. The resolution of a musical composition into the elements which compose it for the sake of ascertaining its construction.
61Ananes, Gr. (ă-nă-nēs.) The modes or tones of the ancient Greek church.
62Anapest, Gr. (ăn-ă-pĕst.) A musical foot, containing two short notes, or syllables and a long one, accented and marked thus,———.
63Anapesto, Spa. (ăn-ă-pĕs-tō.) An anapést.
64Anaphona, Gr. (ăn-ă-fŏ-nă.) An old term implying the immediate repetition of a passage that has just been played.
65Anarmonia. Dissonance, false harmony.
66Anche, Fr. (ănhsh.) The reed, or mouth-piece of the oboe, bassoon, clarionet, etc.; also the various reed stops in an organ.
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