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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1Capellmeister
2a church of prominence or with a royal chapel. Eminent musicians have held this post, which fact offers some reason why sacred music occupied so prominent a place in Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century productions.
32. Organist.
43. Conductor of a band or orchestra. Also spelled Kapellmeister.
5capilla (kä-pěl'-yä) Spa. n.
6A band of chapel-musicians.
7capiscol (kä-pěs-kōl' Spa. n.
8The precentor, the sub-chanter: the name given the sub-chanter, precentor or musical director of the choir in the chapel of a college and a few other chapels and churches in Toledo where the mozarabic or ancient national liturgy of the Spanish church is still maintained, as restored and revised by Cardinal Ximenes about 1500.
9capiscolus (kä-pěs-kō'-lus) Lat. n.
10A corruption of caput scholae: the precentor in a choir. In certain cathedrals the dignitary who superintended the choir or band, corresponding to the chanter or precentor, who instructed and directed the choir. The same as capiscol.
11capistrum (kä-pěs'-trūm) Eng. and Lat. n.
12A muzzle: a sort of face bandage worn by the ancient trumpeters to protect the cheeks when they blow their instruments violently in order to produce the proper tone. It was originally devised by the Greeks to hide the grimaces made by the players.
13capo (kä'-pō) It. n.
14Head: beginning; the top. Abbr. c.
15capo, da (dä kä'-pō) It.
16A direction, meaning to return and play from the beginning or other indicated passage in a composition.
17capo lavoro (kä'-pō lä-vō'-rō) It.
18Chief work, masterpiece.
19capo violino (kä'-pō vē-ō-lē'-nō) It.
20The first violin.
21capodastro (kä-pō-däs'-trō) It. n.
22Head of the finger-board: the nut, or upper part of the finger-board of instruments of the violin family, and other stringed instruments having a finger-board.
23capona (kä-pō'-nä) Spa. n.
24A Spanish dance.
25capotasto (kä-pō-täs'-tō) It. n.
26In stringed instruments the nut, or small raised piece of wood, at the top of the finger-board or neck over which the strings pass to the screw or keys which tighten them.
27cappella (käp-pěl'-lä) It. n.
281. A chapel or church.
292. A band of musicians who sing or play in a church or in private employ; an orchestra.
30cappello Chinese (käp-pěl'-lō kē-nā'-zē) It.
31Literally, a Chinese hat: a set of small bells arranged on a frame like a Chinese hat.
32capriccietto (kä-prět-chět'-tō) It. n.
33A small caprice.
34capriccio (kä-prět'-chō) It. n.
35See caprice.
36capricciosamente (kä – prět – chō – sä-měn'-tě) It. adv.
37Capriciously, fantastically: to be performed in a fantastic manner.
38capriccioso (kä-prět-chō'-sō) It. adv.
39In a fantastic, whimsical style.
40caprice
41A whim: according to Marpurg this name was originally given to harpsichord compositions similar to fugues, that is, having the subject treated according to certain rules. Fugues written upon a lively subject were sometimes given this title, and Bach used it as a synonym for fantasia, a piece of music unconventional in form. In the middle of the Eighteenth Century the word described compositions similar to the modern étude in which one distinct subject in carried through the composition. The modern meaning of the word is any composition free and unconventional in form and fanciful in treatment, a piece of unusual and original arrangement, often of peculiar rhythm.
42captandum, ad (ăd kăp-tăn'-dŭm) Lat.
43With zeal: brilliantly: takingly.
44caput scholae (kăp'-ūt skō'-lē) Lat.
45The precentor: the leader of the choir. This office ranks second in dignity to that of Dean, among the four church officers, and the duties of the incumbent are to select the music and to train and lead the choir and orchestra.
46caractères de musique (kăr-ăk-tăr' dŭ mü-zēk') Fr.
47A general term for all the marks and symbols used in musical notation. See table of signs.
48caramillo (kă-rā-měl'-yō) Spa. n.
49A flageolet or small flute: a kind of small, straight flute, blown from the end, the notes of which are re-
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