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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Vierhändig
2vierhändig (fēr'-hēn-dikh) Ger. adj.
3For four hands. Vierhändiges Tonstück, a composition for four hands.
4Vierklang (fēr'-kläng) Ger. n.
5A chord of four notes: applied especially to the chord of the seventh, containing the first note plus notes at intervals of a third, a fifth, and a seventh above the first note.
6viermässig (fēr'-mās-sīkh) Ger. adj.
7Four measure; containing four measures.
8viersaitig (fēr'-zi-tīkh) Ger. adj.
9Four stringed. Viersaitige leier, the four stringed lyre, the notes of which were the foundation of the Greek scale, hence a tetrachord.
10vierstimmig (fēr-shtīm-mīkh) Ger. adj.
11Four-voiced; in four parts: applied to instrumental as well as vocal music, as vierstimmiges Tonstück, a four-part composition, a quartet.
12Vierstück (fēr'-shtūk) Ger. n.
13A piece for four performers; a quartet.
14viertel (fēr-tēl) Ger. num. adj.
15Fourth; quarter. Viertel schlagen, beat only the quarter notes.
16Viertelnote (fēr'-tēl-nōt) Ger. n.
17A crotchet or quarter note. Also written Viertel.
18Viertelpause (fēr'-tēl-pōw'-zē) Ger. n.
19Quarter, or crotchet rest.
20Viertelton (fēr'-tēl-ton) Ger. n.
21Quarter note; a crotchet; usually abbreviated to Viertel.
22vietato (vē-ā-tā'-tō) It. adj.
23Forbidden; prohibited; used to designate intervals which are forbidden by the rules of harmony.
24vif (vēf) Fr. adj.
25Quick; lively; brisk; sprightly.
26vigorosamente (vē-gō-rō-sā-měn'-tē) It. adv.
27Vigorously; with energy; forcibly; boldly.
28vihuela (vē-oo-ā'-lā) Spa. n.
29A primitive form of the Spanish guitar.
30villageois (vē-lā-zhwā) Fr. n., mas.
31Pertaining to the country, rustic; à la villageoise, in country fashion.
32villancico (vil-yān-thē-kō) Spa. n.
33A pastoral poem of the Fifteenth Century consisting of two or more stanzas of seven lines each, epigrammatic like the madrigal. The Spanish contrapuntists often took the musical settings of the villancicos as themes for their sacred motets; hence, the motets, anthems or carols sung during festival services, especially at Christmas, are called villancicos.
34villanella (vēl-lā-nēl'-lā) It. n.
35An old Italian country dance originated by the Neapolitans and accompanied by singing; gradually the singing became more important and displaced the dance. It was a precursor of the madrigal and has much the same relation to it that the folk-song has to the part-song. Its character as a song was light and comic, and had a tendency to the coarse and unrefined. The time was gay and brisk and the measure strongly marked. The melody at first was written in very plain style, but later numerous embellishments were added. The modern villanella is composed for both singing and dancing.
36villanesco (vēl-lā-nēs'-kō) It. adj.
37Rustic; homely; coarse.
38villareccio (vēl-lā-rēt'-chō) It. adj.
39Rural; clownish; pertaining to the country. Also spelled villereccia.
40villota (vēl-lō'-tō) It. n.
41The first secular part-songs, composed after the rules of counterpoint were formulated. Vilotte were written with as many departures as possible from the strict rules applied to sacred music, and were set to vile, that is, rustic, poems, uniting a clownish music to a clownish manner. See also villanella.
42vina Hin. n.
43A Hindu instrument consisting of a wooden bar, each end resting upon a gourd acting as a resonator. Seven strings are drawn from one end of the bar to the other and are plucked with coverings of wire or fish scales worn on the fingers. When played the instrument is held with one gourd resting on the left shoulder and the other under the right arm.
44vinata (vē-nā'-tā) It. n.
45A vintage, or drinking-song.
46vinetta (vē-nēt'-tā) It. n.
47Diminutive of vinata.
48Viol, bass
49See violoncello.
50viol, double bass
51See double bass.
52viol lyra way
531. In ancient Greek music, one of the two accepted modes of notation used for the lyre.
542. A medieval term for a certain system of letter notation used in music for the viol da gamba, a six stringed instrument, the music for
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