Scan 100
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Bratsche
2the crook of the arm instead of at the shoulder as in the violin. Another name is Armgeige. Abbr. Br.
3Bratschenspieler (brät'-shěn-shpēl'-ēr) Ger. n.
4Viol-player, violist: one who plays on the viola.
5Bratschenstimme (brät'-shěn-shtim'-mě) Ger. n.
6Viol-part: the part of any composition intended to be played by the viol.
7braul
81. A round dance in four-four time which was popular in France during the Sixteenth Century.
92. A French dance popular in England during the Sixteenth Century. It was probably a round dance, in which the dancers joined hands in a circle. Synonym of bransle, branle and brawl.
10Brautlied (browt'-lēt) Ger. n.
11Bridal song, bridal hymn.
12Brautmesse (browt'-mēs-sē) Ger. n.
13Music before the wedding ceremony, the ceremony itself.
14brava (brā'-vā) It. adj. fem.
15An Italian word meaning well done, used as a term of applause in almost all countries except England and America. In Italy it is the custom to applaud during a musical performance, and the bravos are addressed sometimes to the composer of the piece, sometimes to singer or instrumentalist and sometimes to the whole, hence the three forms, mas. bravo, fem. brava, and pl. bravi.
16bravi (brā'-vē) It. adj. pl.
17Well done: used as a term of applause. See also brava.
18bravissima (brā-vīs'-sī-mā) It. adj. fem.
19Superlatively, good; superlatively, well done, as applied to musical performances.
20bravo (brā'-vō) It. adj. mas.
21Well done: used as a term of applause. See also brava.
22bravour (brā-voor') Ger. n.
23Bravery, spirit: dash in execution.
24Bravourarie (brā-voor'-ā'-rī-ē) Ger. n.
25A vocal or instrumental composition in brilliant and florid style and allowing great freedom of execution.
26bravoure (brā-voor') Fr. n.
27Bravery, gallantry: an instrumental waltz of a showy and brilliant character.
28Bravourstück (brā-voor'-shtūk) Ger. n.
29See Bravourarie.
31breathing-mark
32bravura (brā-voo'-rā) It. n.
33Skill, fierceness: requiring dash, brilliancy and skill in execution.
34bravura mezza (brā-voo'-rā měd'-zā) It.
35A song requiring a moderate degree of skill to sing.
36brawl
37brawle
38This is the English name for branle or bransle: a round dance in four-four time in which a number of dancers joined hands in a circle, each taking the lead in turn. Old English balls usually opened with it.
39break
401. The point of change in the quality of alto, soprano and tenor voices. These three voices have two registers, the head voice and the chest voice, and the point of junction is called the break; in a properly cultivated voice it is not noticeable.
412. In clarinet the break is between B flat and B natural.
423. An imperfectly formed tone on horn, trumpet and clarinet.
434. In playing up the scale on the organ, the sudden return to the lower octave caused by an insufficient number of pipes; also in compound stops any point in their scale where the relative highness and lowness of tone of the pipes is changed.
44breakdown
45A hilarious negro clog. A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance, performed by the negroes of the southern United States as a sort of competition and continued until the competitors are tired out. Any rude dance performed by shuffling the feet and usually danced by one person at a time.
46breath
47The air stored up in the lungs, which during expiration, condensed by muscular contraction, produces the effect of wind and evokes sounds from the voice or from wind instruments into the mouthpiece of which the air is conducted. The art of taking breath and properly economizing it are difficult and important parts of the practise of singing and of wind instrument playing.
48breathing-mark
49A sign written above a vocal part to show that the singer may or must take breath at that place. It is written:
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