Scan 141
The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1colle trombone
2colle trombone (kōl'-lē trōm-bō'-nē) It.
3With the trombone.
4collet (kōl-lā) Fr. n.
5The collar, the neck: as collet de violon, the neck of the violin.
6collo (kōl'-lō) It.
7With the: used in combination with other words.
8colofonia (kō-lō-fō'-ni-ā.) It. n.
9colophane (kō-lō-fān') Fr. n.
10colophonium (kō-lō-fō'-ni-oom) Ger. n.
11colophony (kōl'-ō-fō'-ni) Eng. n.
12The rosin used on the strings of bows to enable the horsehair to grip the strings of the instruments better. The name came from Colophon in Asia Minor, whence came the best rosin.
13color
141. In ancient times this word had many meanings, among them being, purity of tone, a repetition of sound in part music, a leaving the part by the voice, an alteration of rhythm by the different voices in part singing, and the introduction of a discord for the sake of variety.
152. It also meant the colored lines used formerly to indicate the relative pitch of notes, before the staff was in use.
163. The present meaning of the word is timber, tone quality, the rhythm and melodic brilliancy that gives a phrase or movement or composition its character.
17colorato (kō-lō-rä'-tō) It. part. and adj.
18Colored, florid, highly embellished, as any passage having many graces and ornaments.
19coloratura (kō-lō-rä-too'-rā) It. n.
20Coloraturen (kō-lō-rä-too'-rēn) Ger. n.
21Any cadenzas, runs and trills, or any highly ornamental passage, adding to the brilliancy and showy effect of vocal or instrumental music.
22coloris (kō-lō'-rē) Fr. n.
23colorit (kō-lō-rēt') Ger. n.
24In both vocal and instrumental music, the arrangement of contrasting tone values, the modification of tone quality or in instrumentation used to produce certain effects.
25colpo, di (dē kōl'-pō) It.
26At a blow: a direction meaning suddenly, at once.
27combinational modes
28Those modes which result from changing a dominant chord, or one built on the fifth note of the scale, in a minor key, to a chord built on the first note of the major key. This
29comique
30results in a mode or scale which has intervals of a major third and a minor sixth, and is thus a combination of major and minor.
31come (kō'-mē) It. adv.
32As, like, how.
33come prima (kō'-mē prē'-mā) It.
34A direction meaning as before, to be rendered as before, as at first. Abbr. co. mo.
35come sopra (kō'-mē sō'-prā) It.
36As above: a direction meaning to repeat a previous or similar passage.
37come sta (kō'-mē stā) It.
38As it stands: a direction meaning to render the passage so marked exactly as it is written.
39comediante (kō'-mă-dē-ăn'-tē) Spa. n.
40One who plays a comic part.
41comédie (kōm-ā-dē') Fr. n.
42Comedy: a piece having the elements of humor in it.
43comédien (kō-mād-yān') Fr. n.
44A man who plays a comic part.
45comédienne (kō-mād-yēn') Fr. n.
46A woman who plays comic parts.
47comes (kō'-mēz) Eng. n. from Lat.
48An associate, a companion, a partner. In a fugue, an answer that is in strict counterpoint, the repetition in a different pitch by one part of a theme previously given by another part. The more general meaning is a sort of reply made by one phrase of a composition to another, or one instrument to another. This also means the repetition of a phrase or theme of a canon proposed by one part and repeated by another with or without modification.
49comic opera
50An opera of a humorous cast in which the music is varied by the interpolation of spoken words. The plot is lively and full of amusing situations, and the story ends happily. The music suits the nature of the plot, being gay and cheery.
51comico (kō'-mē-kō) It. adj.
52Comic; a comic actor. It is sometimes used as a noun and means a writer of comedies.
53cominciante (kō-mīn-chān'-tē) It. part. and n.
54One just beginning the study of music.
55cominciato (kō-mīn-chā'-tō) It. n.
56The beginning: the commencement. Obsolete form.
57comique (kō-mēk') Fr. adj.
58Comic; a comic actor. It is sometimes used as a noun and means a writer of comedies.
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