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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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1Ghazel or Gazel. A short Persian poem, used by Hiller as a name for short pianoforte pieces, in which a simple theme constantly occurs.
3Ghiribizzo (It.) (gee-ree-bitz'-o). Whim; grotesque.
5Giga (It.). Jig; a rapid dance in 6/8 time, used as the final movement in the suite, where it is often developed in fugue form.
7Giochevole (It.) (jee-o-keh'-vo-leh), Giocondosa (It.) (jee-o-kon-do-sah), Giocoso (It.) (jee-o-co-so), Giocondezza (It.) (jee-o-con-detza). Joyful; merry; sportive; happy; mirthful.
9Gioja (It.) (jeo-ya), con. With joy.
11Giojante (It.) (jeo-yan-teh), Giojosamente (It.) (jeo-yos-a-men-teh), Giojoso (It.) (jeo-yo-so). Joyous; mirthfully.
13Gioviale (It.) (jeo-ve-ah'-leh). Jovial.
15Giovialita (It.) (jeo-vee-ah-lee-tah), con. With joviality.
17Gis (Ger.) (ghiss). G sharp.
19Giubilio (It.) (jew-bee-leo). Jubilation.
21Giubilioso (It.) (jew-bee-lee-oso). Jubilant.
23Giustezza (It.) (jews-tet'-za), con. With exactness.
25Giusto (It.) (jewsto). Strict; exact.
27Glee. A composition for three or more voices without accompaniment. The glee differs from the madrigal, its predecessor, in being constructed more on the harmonic than the contrapuntal system; i. e., admits dominant, dissonances, and second inversions. The glee is the most distinctive form of English music. The best glees belong to the eighteenth century and the first part of the nineteenth. They have been largely superseded by the part song.
29Gli (It.) (lee). The.
31Glide. (1) To connect two sounds by sliding. (2) A modern variety of the waltz.
33Glissando, Glissato, Glissicato, Glissicando (It.). To play a scale on the pianoforte by drawing the finger along the keys. Only possible in the natural scale. In violin playing, to slide the finger rapidly from one "stop" to the next.
35Glissé (Fr.) (glis-seh). See Glissando.
37Glisser (Fr.) (glis-seh). To slide.
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