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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1chantry priests
2chantry priests
3Priests chosen to sing in a chantry, or church edifice, endowed and established for the purpose that mass may be daily sung there for the soul of the donor.
4chapeau chinois (shă-pō' shēn-wā') Fr.
5Chinese hat: a set of small bells hung on an inverted crescent and used in military music. The name was derived from its resemblance in shape to a Chinese hat.
6chapel
71. A church.
82. A general term for those musicians in the service of a great personage.
9chapelle (shă-pěl') Fr. n.
10A chapel. A company of musicians who sing or play in a church or in private employ. An orchestra.
11chapels royal
12The bodies of clergy and lay clerks who conduct religious services at the courts of Christian monarchs. In England there are several, the chief one being at St. James Palace, and consisting of the Dean, the Lord High Almoner, the Clerk of the Closet, two deputies, the sub-dean, forty-eight chaplains, eight priests in ordinary, a master of the children, one lay composer, an organist, one lay organist and chapel-master or choir-master, eight lay gentlemen and ten boys, and other attendants. They hold services at ten a. m., twelve noon and five-thirty p. m. on Sundays and at eleven a. m. on feast days.
13character of keys
14Owing to the system of tuning instruments of fixed intonation, some keys are much more useful than others. Most composers have shown a preference for certain keys, finding some character inherent in a given key which suited it to the subject of the composition. Thus, the sharp keys are more intense, clear and brilliant than the flat keys, which are somber and relaxing. Major keys are clear, minor keys somber. The consummation of clearness and brilliancy is attained by the major sharp keys, that of somberness by the minor flat keys. The keys of C major and A minor, having neither sharps nor flats, possess less character than any of the others.
15characteristic
16As an adjective this term is applied to music designed to represent some special occurrence or express some certain emotion. As a noun this word relates to the individual character of the different musical keys. Theoretically every major or minor key is precisely alike because the intervals between the notes are exactly similar. However, many musicians maintain that the sharp keys have brighter and stronger character and the flat keys a duller and more somber, a minor character.
17characteristic chord
18The leading or principal chord: the chord founded upon the fifth note of a scale and introducing a perfect cadence, or one which satisfies the ear at the end of a movement or of the composition.
19characteristic note
20The leading note: the seventh note of the major scale, which is the scale having semitones between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth tones. So called because it especially emphasizes the keynote.
21Charakterstimme (kä-räk'-tēr-shtīm'-mě) Ger. n.
22Literally, character voice: a solo stop in the organ; that is, any stop which produces a special effect or imitates an orchestral instrument and is generally used in solo work.
23Charakterstücke (kä-räk'-tēr-shtūk'-ē) Ger. n. pl.
24Musical compositions intended to describe certain impressions or incidents by means of sound.
25charivari (shă-rē-vă-rē) Fr. n.
26Rough music, clatter noise: a discord made on tin horns and bells and such instruments. A mock serenade.
27chasse (shăs) Fr. n.
28The hunt: in hunting style. Music similar to the music of the hunting horn, or music to accompany the chase.
29chatsoteroth (kăt-sō'-tē-rōth) Heb, n.
30chatzozerah (kăt-zō-zē'-rā) Heb. n.
31This is thought to have been the straight silver trumpet of the Hebrews which they used in their ritual and sometimes in battle. In the Bible, Moses was given specific directions in regard to the making of these trumpets out of one piece of silver. According to Josephus, these trumpets were somewhat less than a cubit long, a little thicker than a pipe, and having an oblong opening for blowing on, and a bell-shaped end like a horn. There is some dispute as to the appli-
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