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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1choeur
2choeur (kûr) Fr. n.
3Choir, chorus: the choir, or band of singers, the chorus of singers.
5choice note
6A note written above or below the regular note in a vocal solo, which the singer may take in preference to the regular note if he choose.
8choir
91. That part of a church east of the nave in which the services are celebrated.
102. The body of singers in a church taken collectively.
113. A sub-division of singers, who sing the same part in a composition.
124. In the Anglican church those officials whose duty it is to perform the daily choral service.
135. A choral society. Abbr. ch.
15choir, grand
16In organ playing the united sounding of all the reed stops.
18choir master
19A chorister for choir leader: one who trains and leads the choir. Abbr. choirm.
21choir organ
22In large organs the third principal section of the instrument. It is less powerful than the great organ, and contains stops especially suited for accompanying the choir. Abbr. c. o.
24choir, trombone
25Among the Moravians a band of trombone players whose duty it is, by playing in the belfry of the church, to announce the death of one of its members and to assist at the funeral services. They also play on festal occasions and at the opening of the church service.
27Chor (kôr) Ger. n.
28Chorus, choir.
291. On piano two or three strings for one tone sounded in unison.
302. A combination of instruments of the same family but of different pitch.
313. In the organ several of the pipes composing a so-called mixture stop are grouped together so that they are sounded by one key, producing tones of various pitch.
33choragus (kô-râ'-gûs) Eng. n. from Lat.
34The man who had the care of the chorus and the supplies necessary for it. In ancient Greek and Roman drama the leader and trainer of the chorus. Also spelled choregus.
36choral
371. noun. In the Roman Catholic Church any part of the service sung by the choir. A hymn or psalm tune of the early German Protestant Church or one in imitation of them.
382. adj. Of or pertaining to a church service or chorus.
40choral anthem
41A simple anthem in rhythmic style similar to a chorale, or hymn tune, of the German Protestant church.
43choral book
44A collection of choral music either with or without regularly written accompaniment.
46choral hymn
47A hymn to be sung by the chorus.
49choral service
50Service in which the priest sings in response to the choir and the entire liturgy is chanted instead of read.
52Choralbearbeitung (kô-räl'-bë-är'-bi-toongk) Ger. n.
53A choral treatment: a composition in a simple and rhythmical style.
55Choralbuch (kô-räl'-bookh) Ger. n.
56A collection of church music: a choral-book.
58Chorale (kô-rä'-lë) Ger. n. plu.
59Hymn tunes. A rhythmic sacred choral music introduced by Luther at the time of the reformation of the German Protestant church.
61choralist
62A chorister who sings in a choir.
64choraliter (kô-räl'-i-tër) Ger. adj.
66choralmässig (kô-räl'-mäs-síg) Ger. adj.
67In the rhythmic or measured style of a choral or psalm tune.
69Choramt (kôr'-ämt) Ger. n.
70Cathedral service.
72choraules (kô-raw'-lêz) Grk. n.
73A flute player in the Greek theatre.
75chord
76In its general signification this term refers to the harmony of two or more tones having different pitches and sounded simultaneously. More strictly, in a technical sense, it means the combination of from three to five different tones, built up one upon another, the lowest one being called the root, and the others ascending at the rate of diatonic thirds, i.e., thirds as they occur in the diatonic scale, unaltered by sharps, flats or naturals. According as it contains three, four or five tones a chord is designated triad, chord of the seventh (since the fourth tone is a seventh above the root), or chord of the ninth. Chords of the six and seven tones, called chords of the eleventh and thirteenth, are not recognized by many authorities because they are dissonant.
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