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The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Coro (It.). Chorus.
2Corona (It.). "Crown"; a pause.
3Corrente (It.) (cor-ren'-teh). Coranto.
4Cotillion (Fr., Cotillon, co-tee-yon'). A dance with numerous figures, originally rather lively, now much the same as the Quadrille.
5Couched Harp. The spinet.
6Count. The beats in the measure are called counts, from the practice of counting the time.
7Counterpoint [from Latin contra-punctus, against the point]. Notes were originally called points, hence when another set of points were added above or below the points of the theme, they were called counterpoints. In modern use counterpoint may be defined as the art of making two or more parts move together with such freedom that they seem to be independent, each one with a design of its own.
8Counter-subject. A theme employed in conjunction with the principal theme in a fugue.
9Coup d'archet (Fr.) (coo d'ar-shay). A stroke of the bow.
10Coupler. A mechanism in the organ, by means of which the keys of two manuals are joined so that the depression of the keys of one causes the depression of the corresponding keys of the other. Pedal Coupler joins pedal keys to one of the manuals. Octave Coupler causes the octave above or below each key struck to sound either on the same or on another manual.
11Couplet (Fr.) (coo-play). Stanza; ballad.
12Couplet (Eng). A pair of rhyming lines. Two notes played in the time of three of the same denomination.
13Cracovienne (Fr.). Polacca.
14Cremona. (1) A town in Italy celebrated for its violin makers. (2) A violin made in Cremona. (3) A soft 8-ft. reed-organ stop (corrupted from Krummhorn).
15Crescendo (It.) (cray-shen-do). Abbreviation, cres., sign: to increase in loudness [from It. crescere, to increase].
16Crescendozug (Ger., hybrid of It. and Ger.). The swell box of the organ.
17Croche (Fr.) (crosh). An eighth-note.
18Crotchet. A quarter-note.
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