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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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1Espineta, Spa. (es-pe-na-ta.) A spinet.
2Espirando, Spa. (es-pe-ran-do.) Diminishing to the end.
3Esplendor, Spa. (es-plen-dor.) Splendor, brilliancy.
4Espondeo, Spa. (es-pon-da-o.) A spondee.
5Espr. Abbreviations of Espressivo.
6Espress. Abbreviations of Espressivo.
7Espressione, It. (es-pras-se-ō-ne.) Expression, feeling.
8Espressivo, It. (es-pras-sē-vō.) Expressive, to be played or sung with expression.
9Espirando, It. (es-pe-ran-do.) Breathing deeply; with great endeavor.
10Esquilla, Spa. (es-keel-yā.) A small bell.
11Essai, Fr. (es-sā.) An essay, a trial.
12Essay. An effort, an attempt; a trial of musical performance.
13Essempio, It. (es-sām-pe-o.) See Esempio.
14Essential harmonies. The three harmonies of the key; tonic, dominant and subdominant.
15Essential notes. The real, component notes of a chord; in contradistinction to all merely accidental, passing, or ornamental notes.
16Essential seventh. The dominant seventh.
17Essodio, It. (es-so-dē-o.) Interlude.
18Estancia, Spa. (es-tan-thē-ā.) A stanza.
19Estemporále, It. (es-tēm-pō-rā-lē.) Extemporaneous.
20Estempóreal, It. (es-tēm-pō-rā-le.) Extemporaneous.
21Estilo, Spa. (es-tē-lo.) Style.
22Estinguendo, It. (es-tēn-guān-dō.) Becoming extinct, dying away gradually in time and strength of tone.
23Estint, It. (es-tēn-tē.) Becoming extinct, dying away gradually in time and strength of tone.
24Estint, It. (es-tēn-tō.) Becoming extinct, dying away gradually in time and strength of tone.
25Estrangul, Spa. (es-trān-gūl.) Mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
26Estravagante, It. (es-trāv-ā-gān-tē.) Extravagant.
27Estravaganza, It. (es-trāv-ā-gānt-sā.) Extravagant.
28Estremamente, It. (es-trā-mā-mān-tē.) Extremely.
29Estribilho. A popular Portuguese song in 6-8 time.
30Estríbillo, Sp. (es-trē-bēl-yō.) A verse often repeated, the burden of the song.
31Estrinienda, It. (es-trē-nē-ān-dā.) A close, binding style of performance; extremely legato.
32Estrinciendo, It. (es-trēn-tshē-ān-dō.) Playing a passage with force and precision.
33Estro, It. (as-trō.) Elegance and grace.
34Estro poético, It. (as-trō pō-ā-tē-kō.) Poetic inspiration; imaginative power in a composer.
35Estrofa, Spa. (es-trō-fā.) A strophe.
36Estudiante, Spa. (es-too-dē-ān-tē.) A prompter. one of two readings
37Estudiante, Spa. (es-too-de-ān-tē.) A prompter. one of two readings
38Esultazione, It. (es-ool-tā-t-sē-ō-nē.) Exultation. one of two readings
39Esultazione, It. (es-ool-tāt-sē-ō-nē.) Exultation. one of two readings
40Et, Lat. (ēt.) And.
41Eteinte, Fr. (ē-tānht.) See Estinte.
42Etendre, Fr. (ē-tānhd-r.) To extend, to spread.
43Etendue, Fr. (ē-tānhd-dū.) The extent or compass of an instrument or voice.
44Ethologus, Lat. (ē-thōl-ō-gūs.) A buffoon; a comic actor.
45Et incarnatus, Lat. (ēt in-kār-nā-tūs.) A portion of the Credo.
47EUPH
48Etouffé, Fr. (ā-toof-fā.) Stifled, smothered; a word used in harp playing to signify a deadening of the tones; in pianoforte music it means an exceedingly soft style of playing.
49Etouffier, Fr. (ā-toof-fā.) To stifle, to deaden the tone.
50Etouffoirs, Fr. pl. (ā-too-fwār.) The dampers.
51Etre en répétition, Fr. (ātr ānh rēp-ē-tē-sī-ōnh.) To be in rehearsal.
52Et resurrexit, Lat. (ēt rēs-ūr-ēx-īt.) A part of the Credo.
53Etta, It. (ēt-tā.) Little; an Italian final diminutive; as, Trombetta, a little trumpet.
54Etrurian. Etruscan.
55Etruscan. The music of Etruria, where the people were noted for their musical talent.
56Ettachordo, It. (ēt-tā-kōr-dō.) Instruments having seven strings.
57Ettasillabo, It. (ēt-tā-sēl-lā-bō.) Of seven syllables.
58Etude, Fr. (ā-tūd.) A study, an exercise.
59Etudier, Fr. (ā-tū-dē-ā.) To study, to practice.
60Etui de luth, Fr. (ā-twē dū lūt.) Lute case.
61Et vitam, Lat. (ēt-ve-tām.) A part of the Credo, in the mass.
62Etwas, Ger. (ēt-vās.) Some, somewhat, a little.
63Etwas langsamer, Ger. (ēt-vās lāng-sū-mēr.) A little slower.
64Eufonia, It. (yoo-fō-nē-ā.) Euphony; an agreeable sound.
65Eufonia, Spa. (yoo-fō-nē-ā.) Agreeable sound.
66Eufónico, It. (yoo-fō-nē-kō.) Harmonious, well-sounding.
67Euphone, Fr. (ūh-fōn.) A reed stop in an organ of 16 feet scale.
68Euphonie, Fr. (ūh-fō-nē.) Euphony, sweetness of tone. Sounds agreeable to the ear.
69Euphony. Agreeable sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds.
70Euharmonic. Producing harmony or concordant sounds.
71Euharmonic organ. An ingenious instrument of American origin invented about the year 1848. It contains three or four times the usual number of distinct sounds within the compass of an octave, furnishing the precise intervals for every key. The name is not to be confounded with enharmonic.
72Eumolpides, Gr. (yū-mōl-pī-dēs.) A name applied by the ancient Greeks to their priests and singers, from Eumolpus.
73Euphoniad. (yū-fō-nī-ād.) An instrument of American origin, containing thirty keys with their semitones, and combining in its tones those of the organ, horn, bassoon, clarinet and violin.
74Euphonicon, Gr. (yū-fō-nī-kōn.) An instrument of the pianoforte kind.
75Euphonious. (yū-fō-nī-ūs.) Smooth and melodious.
76Euphonique, Fr. (ūh-fō-nēk.) Euphonious.
77Euphonism. (yū-fō-nīsm.) An agreeable combination of sounds.
78Euphonium. A bass wind instrument of modern invention, used in military bands.
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