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The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1908
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1Catalan baile
2join in a round and the women, placing their hands on the shoulders of the men beside them, spring into the air above their heads. The men hold them in the air, and the women, bending their heads, kiss their partners. A variation of this last movement is for the woman to place her left hand in the right hand of her partner, or resting her right hand on the shoulder, and stiffening her left arm, to spring suddenly into the air. The man then lifts her up and seats her on his hand. These dances require great skill of the female dancer, who must be able to retreat without the slightest jerking or jumping. This dance is native of the Catalan provinces of Spain, and is symbolical of a man's winning the woman of his choice.
4catch
5A humorous canon or round so contrived that the singers catch up one another's words. The catch originated in the early part of the Seventeenth Century, and was at first a simple round for three or more voices, the words being of the simplest character, similar to nursery rhymes. They were sung that the different performers emphasizing or bringing in different words gave a very humorous effect. During the reign of Charles II. they became indecent and have since sunk into comparative obscurity, although there are still in existence several clubs organized to promote the performance and composition of catches.
7catena di trilli (kä-tä'-nä dē trĭl'-lē) It.
8A chain of trills: in instrumental or vocal music a chain or series of trills.
10cateratoio (chā-tē-rā-tō'-yō) It. n.
11A song accompanied on the cither or guitar.
13catgut
14A small string for violins, guitars, and other stringed instruments made from the intestines of sheep and goats and sometimes those of a horse, dried and twisted; not from those of a cat.
15The word probably stands for kit-gut, by confusion of kit, a fiddle with kit, a small cat—hence, catgut.
17cathedral music
18Music especially composed to suit the services of English Cathedrals since the Reformation. Immediately after the Reformation music in the English Church was in an unsettled state, as may be seen in the compositions of Tye and Byrd, where Latin and English words were given to the same music. Italian motets and other church compositions were taken as models, and except for the words, church music and secular music were identical. From this beginning there has gradually grown up a body of musical composition adapted to Anglican services including settings for canticles and anthems and both constant and varied offices. It includes a large variety of special psalms and prayers, besides Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, litany and the ten commandments and short sentences and responses called versicles. There are also special musical services for Holy Communion, ordinations, confirmations and funeral services.
20catling
21Catgut, a catgut string: lute string of the smallest size. Obsolete.
23cattivo (kät-tē'-vō) It. adj.
24Bad, unfortunate, unfit.
26cattivo tempo (kät-tē'-vō tēm'-pō) It.
271. A part of a measure where it is not proper to end a cadence or place a tone syllable.
282. The part of a musical measure where light accent falls.
30catzozerath (kät-zō-zē'-rāth) Heb. n.
31See chatsoteroth.
33cauda (kaw'-dā) Eng. n. from Lat.
34The end, the tail: the tail of a note, the coda. The coda was originally a few chords added to the end of a piece of music to make it more effective. By some of the great masters this was developed into a grand summing up of the whole movement or composition. This also means the final part of a fugue.
36cavalletto (kä-väl-lēt'-tō)
37Literally, a small horse.
381. A lively melody, a bridge.
392. The break in the voice.
403. The short, quick finale of an air. This is the usual meaning.
414. A song in rondo form, that is, in which a prominent theme is constantly alternated with less important ones, with variations and an accompaniment in triplet time similar in rhythm to the hoof beats of a cantering horse. See also cabaletta.
43cavalquet (ká-väl-kā') Fr. n.
44A piece played by the cavalry trumpeter-corps when approaching or marching through a town.
46cavare il suono (kä-vä'-rē ēl soo-ō'-nō) It.
47To dig out the sound: to bring out
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