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PHILADELPHIA THEODORE PRESSER 1895. COPYRIGHT, 1880. W. S. B. MATHEWS, CHICAGO. Press of Wm. F. Fell & Oo, 1220-24 SANSOM STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ;;; DICTIOI^rAEY. or (Ital. prep.) A, Ab, from, of ; also name of a A capriccio (Ital. cS-prXt'-zK). At caprice; pitch. at pleasure. > Abbreviations. These are the more usual. Accelerando (Ital. St-tshal-a-rSn'-do). Ac- Look for definitions under the words them- celerating ; gradually hastening the time. selves. Accent, an emphasis or stress upon particular Accel.y for accelerando ; Accomp.^ Accom- notes or chords for the purpose of rendering pagnement ; Adgo, or Ado.^ Adagio; ad the meaning of a passage intelligible. ^i6.y&d libitum; a//' <?/., all' ottava ^//o., The ; principal Allegro; Allgtto.^ Allegretto; Andno.^ An- accents in music are (i) the meets-- ure^ occurring on the first beat of every dantiao ; Andte.^ Andante; arc, coll* arco ; mea'^ure (2) the Arpio,^ Arpeggio; a.t.y ^ tempo; Basso.^ ; oratorical or declamatory on the emphatic Contrabasso; C, B,^ Contrabasso; note of a phrase, or most c. %va.^ important word in a phrase ; (3) secondary colP ottava; C. D.^ colla destra : C. L.^ rhythmic accent on the first tone in smaller col legno ; C. S,^ colla sinistra zCad., Caden- groups than those of a full measure, as e. za ; crt/., calando; c. ^., col Basso; Clar.^ g. on the first note of triplets, etc. Clarinetto; Claro.^ Clarino ; Ctf., Corno cresc.^ unforseen, crescendo ; i?., destra, droite ; D. C, Accidental, a name given to sharps, 5". fiats, da Capo ; D. , dal Segno ; (/^crj., decrescen- or naturals in music outside of the sig- nature. do; dim.^ diminuendo; div.:^ divisi ; dol.^ dolce; espr., espressivo forte; ; y., Fag.^ Accentuato (Ital. at-tshan-too-a'-to). Ac- Fagotto;,^,, fortissimo; Fl.^ Flauto; i^., cented. forte lortzando; piano; fz.^ G., gauche ; L.^ Accompagnamento (Ital. ak-kom'-pan- laeva ; leg,^ legato ; lo\^ luo,^ loco or luogo ; ya-man'-to). Acconpaniment parts of music lusing,^ lusingando; manc.^ mancando; ; sounding with and supporting the leading inarc.^ marcato ; m. d.^ mano destra m. d.y ; idea. main droite ; tnez. , mezzo; mf. or mfp„ meno forte, mezzo forte Accord, to sound well together, (See conso- piano; modto.y moderate ; nt.v. (mzv.)^ nance.) A chord. mezzo voce ; O^., Oboe(Haut- bois) ;. piano: ^r*/., pedale p.^ ; perd.^ per- Acoustics (a-coos'-tics). The science of sound. dendosi ; P, F.^ Piano-Forte jyiti forte ; p/.^ ; Accordion, a well known instrument, the pizz.^ pizzicato \pp.y pianissimo or piti piano tones o[ which are produced by '* free reeds." rall.^ rallentando; rf, rfz.^ rinforzando; Large instruments of this class have a com- rzV., ritardando; Hten.^ ritenuto ; S. sin.^ pass of about four octaves. sinistra; scherz.^ scherzando; seg.^ segue j««., sempre; j/i^ sforzando ; «w., simile; Acis and 4^alatea Ca'-«is, gS,l-S^te'-S.). A sfftorz.^ pastoral cantata by Handel in 1720. smorzando ; jof^., sostenuto ; s. S., senza Sordini; j. 7",, senza Tempo; stacc, Adagio (Ital. a-dS'-jo, literally ad agio^ at staccato; string.^ stringendo; r^tasto, ten- ease, leisurely). A slow and tender move- T'.^tutti, ore; tempo; ^^k., tenuto ; Timp.^ ment, slower than andante, but not so slow Timpani ; tr,. ; trillo tretn.^ tremolando ; as largo. See " Tempo." Trotnb.^ trombone ; Tromp,^ Trompette Ada^SSimo (Ital. a-da-jes'-sl-m5). Super- T. S.^ tasto solo; «. r., una corda; urn's., lative degree of adagio. unisono ; K, Voce ; Ka., Viola ; z/ar., varia- ; ; Adolph Charles, a French composer of zione Vo-^ Violino VcUo-, Violoncello ; Adam, V. S., Voiti subito. light operas (Le Postillion du Lonjumeau, etc.), newspaper critic and professor of com- Abbandono, con (Ital. if-ban-d5'-no), or the Conservatoire ; Abbandonatemente. With abandon, position at b, 1803, d. with enthusiasm. 1856. Adams. Thomas, a distinguished English Slasik (Ger.) Evening music. Abend organist and composer, born 1785, died 1858. Abert, J. J.^ (S-bSrt), a German orchestral Ad Jjib'itnm (Lat.) At pleasure ; z*. <?., slow and operatic composer, born at Kachowit2, in or fast. Bohemia, 1832. Best known by his orchestral Adler, Vincentj a young composer living in transcriptions of Bach*a organ fugues. Paris, belonging to the school of Stephen Heller. Author of many interesting piano Ab Initio (Lat, in-ish'-io). From the begin- ning. pieces, Abt. Franz, the popular German song-writer A due (Fr.) For two. (Used in orchestral scores.) ( " When the Swallows," etc ) b. Dec. 22, A dur (Ger. a-dur). The key of A major. 1819, at Eilenburg, Prussia. Visited America A moll (Ger.) A minor (key of), in 1872, and conducted at the Gilmore Jubilee. ^Olian Key, one of the ^* church modes," capella (Ital. kSr-^el'-ia). In church style having the tones ABCDEFGA; the^ A ; i. e.^ voices only, without accompaniment. natural minor scale. a ale, £ add^ a arm, e eve, @ end^ 1 ice, \ ill, o old^ d odd, 3 dove, 00 moon, u lute, ii but, U Fr, sound 3 ; ^o DICTIONARY. AITS dance of a lively .^BlOlian Harp, a harp played by the wind. 3. A German national time. Should be of thin pine, 3 ft. long, 3 in. deep, character, in 2-4 insertion of pitch the si-n re- 5 broad, with beech ends for Al Segno (Ital. san'-y6). From ; and tuning pins. Is strung with 12 catgut turn to the sign , and play from there to strings passing over low, hard-wood bridges^ *' Fine." and tuned in perfect unison. Placed in a All Unisono (Ital. oo-nl-so'-no). In unison. window open enough to receive it, and some- " what obliquely to the wind, it produces the Alto (Ital.) literally, high." The highest male most delightful chords. voice, having a range above the tenor. The commonly^ cailed by this .ffischylus (Ger. es'-ke-lus), a Greek (Attic) low female voice now contralto^ which see. philosopher, bom B. C. 525. name is properly Affetnoso (Ital. af-fgt'-oo-o'-zo), or Con Alto Clef, see Clef. affettO, with feeling. ten- Amabile (Ital. S-mS'-be-lS). Lovingly ; Agilita (Ital. Sr-jKr-I-ta). Agility, quickness. derly. Agitato (Ital. Sj-X-ta'-to), or Con Asita- Aniati (S-m-S'-tee). A celebrated family of tione, agitated, disturbed ; commonly im- violin makers, who lived and worked at Cre- plies hurrying. mona. Theirbest work was: Andrea, about basses Antonio and Agnus l>€i <Lat. ag-niis da-eel. Lamb of 1550; NicoLO made ; service mass. Geronimo, sons of Andrea, 1550-1635; God ; part of the of NicOLO, 1596-1684, the most eminent of all indifferent Air, a melody or tune. See Aria. the family ; Geronimo, his son, an maker. Al, All, Alia (Ital.) To the ; in the style of. AmbrOS, August W. (&m'-broz). Bom i8t6, Albert!* H. (ai-bar'-tee). At once poet, organ- in Bohemia. A brilliant writer on musical ist and composer. Bom at Lobenstein 1604. topics, a-d author of a fine Musical History, Died 1657. four volumes of which have appeaced. Died Albani (fi>l-ba'-nee). The stage name of a June 28, 1876. favorite soprano. See Lajeunnesse. Ambrosian Chant, the ecclesiastical mode Alboni, Marietta (Sl-bo'-nee). The most cele- of saying and singing Divine service, set in cathedral, brated contralto of the 19th century. Born order by St. Ambrose for Milan Censensa, Italy, 1824. Sang with the greatest about A. D. 384. dclat throughout Europe. Visited America Ambrosian Hymn, the Te Deum, in ^852. Her voice was large, rich and true, Amoroso (Ital. S>m-or-o'»25). Lovingly, ten- and her method delightful. Lives in Paris, derly, with warmth. Alceste (Fr. Sl-sSstO- Tragic opera in three Amnlilon* one of the oldest Greek musicians acts by Calzabigi and Gliick, 1761. flourished about 1300 B. C. " Albreclitsberger (S,r - bretchts - bar' - gSr), Anapest, see foot." Johann Geo. Contrapuntist and teacher of Andante (Ital. &n-dan'-tS, from andare^ to sacred music, composer and organist, born walk.) Going, moving along at a moderate 1736, at Klosterburg, near Vienna, Died pace. See '^ Tempo." Also used as the name Vienna March 7, 1809. Among his pupils of a piece of music in andante movement. were Beethoven, Hummel, Weigl, Seyfried, diminutive of etc. Andantino (Ital, an-dan-tee'no. the preceding). A movement somewhat an '*ode'* of Handel's to Alexander's Feast, quicker than andante. Sometimes used to Re-scored by Mozart, Dryden's words, 1736. denote a slower movement than andante. 1790. (Mendel.) Alkan, Charles V, Bora at Paris, 1813. Pian- (Sn'-dra), the head of an ex- ist and composer, chieflv of Etudes and Andre, Johann musical family. B. d. caprices for pi.mo. His studies are extremely tensive 1741, 1799. works of almost every kind.