Mehlig, Anna (1880)
Mehlig, Anna, a distinguished pianist, was born at Stuttgart, June [sic. Muss lauten: July] 11, 1846. She received her musical education at the Conservatorium of her native town, and afterwards spent a year at...
Autor: George Grove (Hg.)
Semplice (1883)
Semplice, 'simple'; a direction denoting that the passage so marked is to be performed without any adornment or deviation from the time, used particularly in passages of which the character might possibly be misunderstood....
Portamento (1883)
PORTAMENTO (Fr.: Porte de voix). A gradual 'carrying of the sound or voice with extreme smoothness from one note to another' (see [AGREMENS (engl.: graces, grace notes, germ.: Manieren)]), which can only be really...
Forte (1879)
FORTE, loud: an Italien word, usually abbreviated into f. A lesser degree of loudness is expressed by mf–mezzoforte; a greater one by più f and ff, and the greatest of all by fff–fortissimo, as...
Tuning-fork (1890)
TUNING-FORK (Fr. Diapason, Ital. Corista, Germ. Stimmgabel). This familiar and valuable pitch-carrier was invented by John Shore, Handel's famous Trumpeter. From a musical instrument it has become a philosophical one, chiefly from its great...
Cither, Cithern, Zither (1879)
CITHER CITHERN, CITHORN, or CITTERN (Fr. Cistre, Sistre, or Courante; Ital. Cetera; Ger. Cither, Zither). An instrument shaped like a lute, but unlike a lute strung with wire strings, generally adjusted in pairs of...
Zinke, Zincke (1890)
ZINKE or ZINCKE, also called Cornetto or Cornet à Bouquin (Fr.), is one of the oldest instruments known. It consists of a wooden tube, slightly conical, covered with leather, having six holes for the...
Xylophone (1890)
XYLOPHONE. See STROHFIEDEL. [Grove Dictionary 1890, 818]
Triangle (1890)
TRIANGLE. […] It suits all keys, as besides the fundamental tone there are many subordinate ones, not harmonics. […] Rossini and his followers make frequent use of it, and Brahms has introduced it in...
Tambourin (1890)
TAMBOURIN. A long narrow drum used in Provence, beaten with a stick held in one hand, while the other hand plays on a pipe or flageolet with only three holes, called a galoubet. TAMBOURIN,...
