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The musiclover's handbook, containing (1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical terms and (2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Nobile (It.) (no-bee-leh). Noble; grand.
2Nobilita (It.) (no-bee'-lee-ta), con. With nobility.
3Nobilmente (It.) (no-bil-men-teh). Nobly.
4Noch (Ger.). Still; yet; as, noch schneller, still faster.
5Nocturne (Fr.) (noc-toorn), Notturno (It.), Nachtstück or Nokturne (Ger.) (nok-toor'-neh). Literally, night-piece; a quiet, sentimental composition, usually in Lyric form, but under the title Notturno important compositions for several instruments or full orchestra have been written containing several movements.
6Nocturns. Night services in the R. C. Church, at which the psalms are chanted in portions, also called nocturns.
7Node. A line or point of rest in a vibrating body. A node may be produced in a vibrating string by touching it lightly. (Cf. under Natural Horn.) The sounds thus produced, called harmonics, are often used on instruments of the violin family and on the harp.
8Noël (Fr.) (no-el), Nowell (Eng.). "Good news"; "Gospel." Christmas eve songs or carols.
9Noire (Fr.) (no-ar). Black; quarter note.
10Nonet [It., nonetto; Ger., Nonett]. A composition for nine voices or instruments.
11Nonuplet. A group of nine notes to be played in the time of six or eight of the same value.
12Normal Pitch. The pitch of a sound, generally A or C, adopted as a standard. This standard for the sound A, second place, has varied from 404 vibrations per second in 1699 to 455 in 1859. By almost universal consent the modern French pitch is now adopted, viz., A = 435 vibrations per second.
13Notation. The various signs used to represent music to the eye, as staff, clefs, notes, rests, etc. The earliest attempts at the representation of musical sounds of which we have any knowledge were made by the Greeks, who used the letters of their alphabet, modified in various ways to represent the series of sounds they employed. Their series of sounds is supposed to have begun on the note A, first space in the bass clef. From this system music has retained the name of A for this sound. The next development was the adoption of a series of signs called neumae. These signs, although
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