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STOKES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS VOLUME II, 1908
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1MINOR
3Minor. L. "Less, smaller." Minor intervals contain one semitone less than major. The minor third is characteristic of scales in the minor mode.
5Minor Canon. Priests skilled in music who supervise services in collegiate and cathedral churches.
7Minstrels. The attendants of the Troubadours, most of whom were able to play the rebec and accompany their masters, were so called. A strolling musician; performer in NEGRO MINISTRELSY.
9Minuet. Stately dance in triple time, said to have originated in Poitou about the middle of the 17th century. The earliest music in minuet form is that of Lulli. The dance became popular at the court of Louis XIV, the monarch often displaying his skill in this measure, and thence it spread to the English court. It was soon adopted as one of the movements of the Suite, whence it passed to the Sonata. Minuets are to be found in the works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart. Beethoven, however, substituted the Scherzo in his symphonies.
11Minuetto. It. Minuet.
13Mirecourt. A town in the Vosges which has become famous for its production of the cheaper class of violins. The VUILLAUME family originated there, as well as other well-known families of French violin makers. In 1867 Thibouville-Lamy organized several of the small factories under his own management, installed machinery, and soon attained a yearly output of 40,000 instruments, giving employment to 5000 people.
15Mireille. Charles F. Gounod's five-act opera to book by Carré, based on a poem of Mistral's, was first performed Mar. 19, 1864, at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris.
17Miscella. MIXTURE stop.
19Miserere Mei Deus. L. "Have mercy upon me, O God." These words, with which the 51st Psalm opens, give it the name Miserere. This Psalm forms part of the service of the TENEBRÆ, sung in Roman Catholic churches for three days in Holy Week ending with Good Friday. Gregorio Allegri's setting of the Miserere is the one used in the famous services held in the Sistine Chapel at Rome.
21Mishrokitha or Masrakitha. Hcb. Syrinx or PAN'S PIPES.
23Misura. It. Measure, bar.
25Missa. L. and I. MASS, as Brevis, short mass; Canonica, canonical mass; Cantata, sung mass; Pro Defunctis, mass for the dead or requiem; Solemnis, solemn or high mass.
27Misshällig. Ger. Dissonant, discordant.
29Missklang. Ger. Discord, cacophony.
31Misterioso. It. Mysterious.
33Misteriosamente. It. Mysteriously.
35Misurato. It. Measured, strict tempo.
37Mit. Ger. "With."
39Mitchell (John) managed comic opera companies in London and the first English performance of Rossini's Stabat Mater, 1842. B. London, April 21, 1806; d. Dec. 11, 1874.
41Mitlaut. Ger. Concord, consonance.
43Mittel. Ger. Middle, as Stimme, middle part or voice; Cadenz, imperfect CADENCE.
45Mittenwald has been the chief seat of the Bavarian instrument makers since 1684, when Matthias Klotz, a pupil either of Stainer or Nicholas Amati, settled there. Sebastian, son of Matthias, was the most notable member of the family, which made instruments for more than 200 years. The Hornsteiners, Neuners, Baaders, and Reiters were other families distinguished as instrument makers, a craft which gave employment to more than 500 Mittenwalders in 1908.
47Mixed Cadences contain characteristic chords of both Plagal and Authentic CADENCES.
49Mixed Modes embrace the compass of both Authentic and Plagal MODES.
51Mixed Voices. Chorus of both male and female voices.
53Mixolydian. The seventh ecclesiastical MODE having G as its Final.
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