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Pronouncing musical dictionary of technical words, phrases and abbreviations : including definitions of musical terms used by the ancient Hebrews…, 1875
67 lines. Read by computer on 9 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1COUP
2(no line here) one of two readings
4Coup de baguette, Fr. (koo dūh bā-gwēt.) Beat of the drum.
5Coup de cloche, Fr. (koo dūh klōsh.) Stroke of the clock.
6Couper le sujet, Fr. (koo-pā lūh soo-jā.) To curtail or contract the subject or theme.
7Coupler. See Coupula.
8Couplet, Fr. (koo-plā.) A stanza, or verse; two verses or lines of poetry forming complete sense.
9Coupletter, Fr. (koo-plē-tā.) To lampoon, to satirize.
10Coupling flute. A name given to a stop that may be coupled with any other register.
11Coups d'archet, Fr. (koo dăr-shā.) Strokes of the bow; ways or methods of bowing.
12Courante, Fr. (koo-ränht.) Running: an old dance in triple time.
13Courtal, Fr. (koor-tāl.) An old instrument; a species of short bassoon.
14Courtaud, Fr. (koor-tō.) a species of short bassoon.
15Covered consecutives. See Hidden Consecutives.
16Covered octaves. Consecutive octaves that are not apparent until the interval between the two parts is filled up with unimportant notes.
17C. P. Abbreviation of Colla Parte.
18Cr. Cres. Abbreviations of Crescendo.
19Cresc. Cresc.
20Cracovienne, Fr. (kră-kō-vē-ěnn.) A Polish dance in 3-4 time.
21Cravicembalo, It. (kră-vē-tshēm-bā-lō.) A general name for all instruments of the harpsichord species.
22Credo, Lat. (krā-dō.) I believe; one of the principal movements of the mass.
23Crembala. An ancient instrument, resembling the castanets.
24Cremóna, It. (krē-mō-nā.) An organ stop; the name of a superior make of violins.
25Cremorn. A reed organ stop of 8 feet scale.
26Crepitaculum, Lat. (krēp-ī-tāk-ū-lūm.) A timbrel, a rattle.
27Cres. al forte, or al ff. Increasing as loud as possible.
28Cres. al fortissimo. Increasing to very loud.
29Crescendo, It. (krē-shān-dō.) A word denoting an increasing power of tone; it is often indicated by the sign, ——.
30Crescendo al fortissimo, It. (krē-shān-dō āl fōr-tēs-sē-mō.) Increase the tone until the greatest degree of power is obtained.
31Crescendo al diminuendo, It. (krē-shān-dō āl dē-mēn-oo-ēn-dō.)
32Crescendo e diminuendo, It. (krē-shān-dō ā de-mēn-oo-ēn-dō.)
33Crescendo poi diminuendo, It. (krē-shān-dō pō-ē dē-mēn-oo-ēn-dō.)
34Increase and then diminish the tone; indicated often by the sign, ——.
35Crescendo e incalcándo poco a poco, It. (krē-shān-dō ā ēn-kāl-kān-dō pō-kō ā pō-kō.) Increasing the tone and hurrying the time by degrees.
36Crescendo poco a poco, It. (krē-shān-dō pō-kō ā pō-kō.) Increasing the tone by little and little.
37CROS
38pō-kō ā pō-kō.) Increasing the tone by little and little.
39Crescendo il tempo, It. (krē-shān-dō ēl tēm-pō.) Increase the time of the movement.
40Crescendo nel tempo e nella forza, It. (krē-shān-dō nēl tēm-pō ā nēl-lā fōr-tsā.) Increase in time and power.
41Crescent. A Turkish instrument made of small bells hung on an inverted crescent.
42Cres. dim. An abbreviation of Crescendo e Dimuendo.
43Cres. e legato, It. (krēs ā lē-gā-tō.) Crescendo and legato.
44C, reversed, A sign in old music of a diminution of one half the value of the notes.
45Criard, Fr. (krē-ār.) Bawling, shouting; relating to the quality of the tone of the voice.
46Crier, Fr. (krē-ā.) To bawl, to shriek, to sing badly.
47Crincrin, Fr. (krānh-krānh.) A squeaking fiddle.
48Croche, Fr. (krōsh.) A quaver, or eighth note,
49Croche, double, Fr. (krōsh doobl.) A semiquaver, or sixteenth note.
50Croche, pointee, Fr. (krōsh pwān-tā.) A dotted quaver.
51Croche, quadruple, Fr. (krōsh quā-drū-pl.) A hemidemisemiquaver or sixty-fourth note.
52Croche, triple, Fr. (krōsh trēpl.) A demisemiquaver or thirty-second note, thus,
53Crochet, Fr. (krō-shā.) The hook of a quaver, semiquaver, etc.
54Croma, It. (krō-ma.) A quaver, or eighth note.
55Cromática, It. (krō-mā-tē-kā.) Chromatic, referring to intervals and scales.
56Crôme, It. pl. (krō-mē.) Quavers; when written under crotchets or minims, it shows that those notes are to be divided into quavers.
57Crom-horn, Ger. (krōm-hōrn.) A reed stop in an organ.
58Crómmo, It. (krōm-mō.) A choral dirge or lamentation.
59Cromorna stop. (krō-mōr-nā.) The name of Cromorne, Fr. (krō-mōrn.) a reed stop in an organ.
60Crooked flute. An Egyptian instrument in the shape of a bull's horn.
61Crooked horn. The buccina; a wind instrument of the ancients.
62Crooked trumpet. Small curved tubes applied to horns, trumpets, etc., to change their pitch, and adapt them to the key of the piece in which they are to be used.
63Croque-note, Fr. (krōk-nōt.) An unskillful musician.
64Croque-sol, Fr. (krōk-sōl.) musician.
65Cross. The head of a lute; a mark for the thumb, placed over a note.
66Cross flute. A transverse flute, a German flute.
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