Scan 115
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1carolare
2carolare (kä-rō-lä'-rē) It. v.
3To dance a ballet: to carol, to warble or sing in a joyous manner.
4carole (kä-rōl') Fr. n.
5The same as carola.
6carolle (kä-rōl') Fr. n.
7A carol, or devotional song joyful in character. Old ballads and songs sung at Easter and Christmas.
8carrée (kär-rä') Fr. adj.
9Literally, square: a breve, a note equal in value to two whole notes.
10carrure des phrases (kär-rür' dā frāz) Fr.
11The quadrature or balancing of phrases.
12carta (kär'-tä) It. n.
13Paper, printed paper, chart: a page or folio of music. Abbr. car., cart.
14cartel
15The first sketch of a composition or of a full score.
16cartelle (kär-tēl') Fr. n.
17A large leaf of prepared asses-skin on which the lines of the staff are traced to jot down notes while composing, the notes being afterward erased with a sponge. All cartelles come from Rome or Naples.
18cartellone (kär-tēl-lō'-nē) It. n.
19A posting-bill or placard: a large play-bill; the printed catalogue of operas to be performed during the season.
20caryatis (kär-ī-ā'-tīs) Grk. n.
21A Spartan dance, sacred to Diana, and performed in her temples, on the banks of the River Eurotas, or in the Laconian woods, by nude maidens. It came to be called the dance of innocence and was danced at marriage feasts by nude Spartan youths and maidens.
22An earlier form of this dance and that which gives the name, seems to have been performed in Caryae, a town of the northern part of the Peloponnesus, by maidens who balanced on their heads flat baskets containing the sacred cake, frankincense, and the knife which was to slay the victim of sacrifice. This dance is said to have given rise to the architectural device, called caryatides, figures of women used as pillars to support an entablature.
23carynx (kā'-rinks) Grk. n.
24An ancient Greek trumpet of shrill tone, afterward known to the Celts and Gauls.
25cascabelada (käs-kä-bēl-ä'-dä) Spa. n.
26Jingling with bells.
28Catalan baile
29cassa (käs'-sä) It. n.
30Case, chest, trunk: a general term meaning drum.
31cassa armonica (käs'-sä är-mō'-nī-kä) It.
32Literally, harmony chest; therefore the body of an instrument, such as the violin or guitar.
33cassa grande (käs'-sä grän'-dē) It.
34The big drum: the bass drum in military music.
35cassa militare (käs'-sä mē-li-tä'-rē) It.
36See cassa grande.
37cassatio (käs-sā'-shē-ō) Lat. n.
38Cassation (käs-sā'-tsī-ōn) Ger. n.
39cassazione (käs-sā-tsī-ō'-nē) It. n.
40The ending: dismissal. Originally the concluding piece of a musical performance, later a kind of street serenade, consisting of several instrumental pieces. A piece of Eighteenth Century instrumental music for the open air.
41castanet (käs'-tä-nēt) Eng. n.
42castagnetta (käs-tän-yēt'-tā) It. n.
43castaneta (käs-tän-yā'-tā) Spa. n.
44castanuela (käs-tän-yoo-ē'-lä) Spa. n.
45From the Latin, castanea, a chestnut, from the resemblance of the castanet to the capsule of a chestnut. Castanets consisted of two small pieces of hard-wood or ivory strung together with cord which passes over the thumb and sometimes over the first finger, too. They are played by being struck together, either in single strokes or in trills. They yield a deep, hollow click. The performer usually has a pair in each hand. They are used chiefly in Italy or Spain to accentuate the rhythm of dances and are usually held by the dancers themselves.
46castrato (käs-trä'-tō) It. n.
47A castrate: an adult male singer with a soprano or alto voice.
48Catalan baile (kä-tä-län' bā'-ē-lā) Spa.
49Literally, Catalonian ball, or dance. The orchestra for this dance consists of a short flageolet and a little drum strung on the performer's arm. This is a very vigorous dance, performed by both sexes. The male dancer begins by a prodigious leap, throwing his right foot over his partner's head, a feat demanding great agility and known as the Caniada redona. The female dancer retreats but presently runs back to her partner, who in turn retreats. The couples change partners many times, first the man, then the woman. Finally all the couples
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