Books › The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911 › scan 177
Scan 177
The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
35 lines. Read by computer on 7 September 2026. Printed page 167. See the scan on archive.org.
1Sub-median. The 6th of the scale.
31 2 3
44 5
61. Tonic. 2. Mediant, i.e., half-way to dominant. 3. Dominant. 4. Sub-median, i.e., half-way to sub-dominant. 5. Sub-dominant.
8Sub-octave. A coupler on the organ that pulls down the keys an octave below those struck.
10Sub-principal. Open organ-stop, 32- and 16-foot pitch.
12Sub-tonic. The leading note, 7th of the scale.
14Subito (It.) (soo-bee'-to), Subitamente. Quickly. Volti subito, abbreviated V. S., turn over quickly.
16Subject. The theme of a fugue; any one of the themes of a sonata, rondo, etc.
18Subordinate Chords. Those on the 2d, 3d, and 6th of the scale.
20Suite (Fr.) (sweet). A set or series of movements. The suite originally consisted solely of dance tunes to which "airs" or movements, designated by the tempo terms, allegro, etc., were added. The classical suite contained: 1st, allemand; 2d, coranto; 3d, saraband; 4th, gigue, preceded by a prelude. Occasionally the gavotte, pavan, loure, minuet, etc., may be found with or in place of some of the above dances. According to the rule of the suite, all the movements had to be in the same key.
22Suivez (Fr.) (swee-vey). Follow; a direction for the accompanist to follow the soloist.
24Sujet (Fr.) (soo-zhay). Subject.
26Sul, Sull, Sulla (It.). Upon; on; by; in violin music a passage to be played on a certain string is marked Sul E, or A, or D, or G, as the case may be.
28Sul ponticello (It.). By the bridge; in violin playing, a direction to play with the bow close to the bridge.
30Suonata. See Sonata.
32Superfluous. Same as Augmented.
34Super-octave. (1) An organ-stop of 2-foot pitch, same as fifteenth. (2) A coupler in the organ that pulls down the keys one octave above those struck.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.