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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music, 1908
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1Bebung
2struments and in singing by special control of the breath. Specifically, it is an effect produced on the clavichord by vibrating the finger on a key after it has been struck.
32. A German organ stop composed of pipes each one of which is furnished with a small bellows situated at the foot and allowing the air to enter the pipes in a series of shocks or puffs. The effect is a tremulous tone.
4bec (běk) Fr. n.
5Literally, beak or bill: the name given to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument, when it is blown into at one end as in the clarinet and flageolet and the old flute. The mouthpiece is rather pointed and bears a slight resemblance to the beak of a bird.
6becarre (bā-kār) Fr. n.
7The sign called a natural (♮).
8becco (běk'-kō) It. n.
9Equivalent to bec, which see.
10Becher (běkh'-ēr) Ger. n.
11Literally, beaker, or cup.
121. The bell of various wind instruments, such as the trumpet.
132. The tube of such organ pipes as are fitted with a reed, whose vibrations produce the sound.
14Becken (běk'-ēn) Ger. n.
15Equivalent to cymbals. See also cymbals.
16Beckenschläger (běk'-n-shlā-gēr) Ger. n.
17A cymbal player.
18bedeckt (bě-děkt') Ger. adj.
19Covered, stopped: applied to strings that are pressed down by the fingers.
20bedon (bū-dōñ') Fr. n.
21An obsolete name for drum or tabor.
22beffroi (būf-frwā) Fr. n.
23Belfry.
241. The frame supporting the bell in a belfry.
252. The belfry itself.
263. Also an alarm-bell: a gong.
27befiedern (bě-fē'-dern) Ger. v.
28Literally, to feather: a delicate manner of bowing certain rapid passages on a violin. See also feathering.
29befilzen (bě-fil'-tsēn) Ger. v.
30To felt: to put felt on the hammers of instruments of the piano family.
31Befilzung (bě-fil'-tsoongk) Ger. n.
32The act of setting felt on hammers of instruments of the piano family.
33Begeisterung (bě-gīs'-tēr-oongk) Ger. n.
34Inspiration, animation, enthusiasm: a direction, to be performed with animation or enthusiasm.
36Belebtheit
37begleiten (bě-gli'-tēn) Ger. v.
38To accompany.
39begleitende Stimmen (bě-glit'-ēn-dě-shtīm'-mēn) Ger. n. pl.
40Begleitstimmen (bě-glit'-shtīm'-mēn) Ger. n. pl.
41Accompaniment: the accompanying voices or parts.
42Begleitung (bě-gli'-toongk) Ger. n.
43Accompanying: an accompaniment. Abbr. Begl.
44beharrlich (bě-hārr'-līkh) Ger. adj.
45Perseveringly, constantly.
46beherzt (bě-hārtst') Ger. part.
471. From the verb beherzen, to take heart; hence, hearty or heartily.
482. Also from the same verb, but meaning to take heart, therefore courageous, daring, bold.
49beinahe (bī-nā'-ē) Ger. adv.
50Almost, nearly, much, about.
51Beispiel (bī'-shpēl) Ger. n.
52Example, instance. Abbr. Beisp.
53Beisser (bī'-sēr) Ger. n.
54Literally, bitter, quarreller: a musical ornament consisting of a principal note alternated with an auxiliary note a half step below. The notes are played in rapid alternation and the effect, to quote from Walther, is "like cracking a nut with the teeth."
55Beitöne (bī'-tā-nē) Ger. n.
56Accessory tones: tones heard faintly when the principal tone dies away. See also harmonics.
57Beizeichen (bī'-tsī-khēn) Ger. n.
58A by-note: a counter mark; an accidental, a sharp, flat, natural or other sign occuring elsewhere than in the signature.
59bekielen (bě-kē'-lēn) Ger. v.
60From the verb kielen, meaning to furnish with feathers: used in regard to the spinet and harpsichord, the term referred to the act of furnishing the jacks or rear ends of the key levers with the quills that plucked the strings in producing sounds.
61beklemmt (bě-klěmt') Ger. adj.
62From beklommen, oppressed, sorrowful, heavy at heart: a direction word used by Beethoven in the middle section of the Cavatina in his B flat quartet.
63bel (běl) It. adj.
64Beautiful, gentle.
65belebend (bě-lā'-běnt) Ger. adj.
66Animating, cheering: quickening the time.
67Belebtheit (bě-lāpt'-hīt) Ger. n.
68Vivacity, quickness: liveliness of time.
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