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Stokes, Encyclopedia Of Music And Musicians Volume 1, 1908
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1ALLA MILITARE
2Alla Militare. It. Military style.
3Alla Moderna. It. In modern manner.
4All' Antico. It. "In ancient style."
5Alla Russo. It. Russian style.
6Allargando. It. Increased volume and dignity with decrease in time.
7Alla Scozzese. It. Scotch style.
8Alla Siciliana. It. Sicilian style.
9Alla Zoppa. It. SYNCOPATED.
10Allegranti (Maddelena) sang sop. in opera and oratorio from debut, Venice, 1771 to 1799.
11Allegramente. It. Gaily.
12Allegrettino. It. Slower than allegretto.
13Allegretto. It. Slower than allegro but faster than andante.
14Allegri (Gregorio) composed a famous Miserere for the Sistine Chapel, where he was a singer. B. 1580, Rome; entered the Church; d. Feb. 18, 1652.
15Allegro. It. "Cheerful." Quick tempo between andante and presto, generally modified by other musical terms.
16Alleluia. L. Latin form of Hebrew Hallelujah, which means "Praise ye the Lord."
17Allemande. Fr. Slow dance in common time popular in France from the reign of Louis XIV to that of Napoleon; movement in early suites and sonatas; the Deutscher Tanz in triple time; a German folk dance in 2-4 time.
18Allen (Henry Robinson) composed "The Maid of Athens" and other popular ballads; sang bass opera rôles with success. B. Cork, 1809; d. Nov. 27, 1876.
19Allentamento. It. Slowing down.
20Allentato. It. Retarding.
21Al Loco. It. Cancels direction to play an octave higher or lower.
22Allison (Richard) composed a version of Psalms for four voices with accompaniment (1599), part songs, taught music in London during Elizabeth's reign.
23Allison (Robert) sang in Chapel Royal, Eng., for twenty years, giving way to Humphrey Bache, Feb. 8, 1609.
25ALTEBURG
26Allonger l'Archet. Fr. Lengthening the bow stroke.
27All 'Ottava. It. Indicates music to be performed an octave higher or lower than written.
28All 'Unisono. It. In unison.
29Almahide. The first opera to be sung in England wholly in Italian (Jan., 1710), anonymous, but in Bononcini's style; was performed the year of Handel's arrival in London, at the Haymarket.
30Almenräder (Karl) improved and played bassoon, for which he also composed. B. Oct. 3, 1786, Ronsdorf, near Düsseldorf; d. Sept. 14, 1843.
31Alpenhorn or Alphorn used by Swiss and other mountaineers; is constructed of wood and bark and gives only the tube's open tones and harmonics.
32Alphabet. The letters used in music as they occur in the natural scale are C, D, E, F, G, A, B. The oldest harps and shepherd pipes are believed to have had seven tones, to which the Greeks gave the names of letters, A being the lowest. Greek notation became highly complicated with the development of the MODES and Pope Gregory the Great changed church notation, again employing the first seven letters, indicating the lower octave by capitals, and the upper by small letters. Notes were gradually added to the lower A, and when the modern SCALE was adopted in the 16th century, the lowest tone had become C instead of A. In addition, Germans use H for B natural, B for B flat.
33Al Rigore di Tempo. It. In strict time.
34Al Segno. It. To the sign.
35Alsager (Thomas Massa) promoted chamber music, etc. B. Cheshire, 1779; d. London, Nov. 15, 1846
36Alt. Ger. Alto, high. Notes in alt begin with g above the treble staff; those an octave higher are in altissimo.
37Alta. It. High, higher.
38Altenburg (Johann Casper) became famous as trumpeter; d. 1761. Johann Ernst wrote a book on the trumpet, on which he was a celebrated
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