Stories of Great Musicians - Kathrine Lois Scobey; Olive Brown Horne

A
- ac-com´pa-ni-ment. Music to be played with a song, or with one or more other musical instruments.
- Al-ex-an´der.
- Aus´tri-an. Belonging to Austria, a country of Europe.
B
- Bach (bäk).
- Ba-va´ri-a. A kingdom of Germany.
- Beethoven (bā´tō-ven).
- Buck´ing-ham. The king's palace in London.
C
- Chopin (shō-păn´).
- clar´i-net. A wind instrument blown on a single reed.
- concerto (cŏn-sẽr´tō). A long musical composition, written to be played with an orchestra.
D
- Danube (dăn´ūb). A river in Austria.
- Dresden (drĕz´den). A city in Germany.
- dumb keyboard. Noiseless keyboard.
E
- E-li´jah. A prophet spoken of in the Bible.
- Eu-ro-pe´an. Belonging to Europe.
F
- Figaro (fē-gȧ-rō´). The hero of one of Mozart's operas.
- Fin´gal.
- Florentines (flŏr´en-tēns). People of Florence, a city in Italy.
- Frankfurt (fränk´fo͝ort). A city in Germany.
G
- Goethe (gẽ´tĕ).
- Gret´chen.
H
- Hamburg (häm´bo͝org). A city in Germany.
- harp´si-chord. An old-fashioned piano.
- Haydn (hā´d'n).
- Heidelberg (hī´del-berg). A city of Germany.
J
- Joseph (jō´sef).
L
- largo (lär´gō). A musical piece in slow time.
- Leipzig (līp´sĭk). A city in Germany.
- Liszt (lĭst).
- Lohengrin (lō´en-grĭn). The knight of the swan, son of Parsifal.
- Ludwig (lo͞ot´vĭg).
- lute. A musical instrument with strings.
M
- Marie Antoinette (mȧ-rē´ äntwä-nĕt´). Wife of King Louis XVI of France.
- ma-zur´ka. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in ¾ or ⅜ time.
- Mediterranean (med-ĭ-tẽr-rā´ne-an). A sea south of Europe.
- Mendelssohn (mĕn´dĕls-sōn).
- Mozart (mō´zärt).
- Munich (mū´nik). A city in Bavaria, Germany.
N
- Nicholas (nĭk´ō-lȧs).
O
- oratorio (ŏr-ȧ-tō´rĭ-ō). A Bible story set to music.
- Ortrud (or´trūd).
- overture (ō´vẽr-tūr). A musical composition usually coming first in an oratorio or an opera.
P
- Parisians (pȧ-rizh´ans). People of Paris, a city of France.
- Parsifal (par´si-fȧl).
- Phœbus (fē´bŭs). God of the sun.
- pianoforte (pĭ-ȧn´ō-fōr-tā). A piano.
Q
- quartet (kwa̤r-tĕt´). A piece of music for four voices or for four instruments.
R
- rehearsal (rē-hẽrs´al). A private recital of a play or opera before a public performance.
- Rhine (rīn). A river in Germany.
- rondo (rŏn´dō). A lively musical composition.
S
- Salzburg (zȧlts´bo͝o rg). A city of Austria.
- Sax´on. A native of Saxony.
- Sax´on-y. A kingdom of Germany.
- Schubert (sho͞o´bẽrt).
- Schumann (sho͞o´män).
- Sebastian (sē-băs´chan).
- Sistine (sis´tĭn).
- Sohn (sōn). German word meaning "son."
- sonata (so-nä´tȧ). A composition in three or four parts for a piano, organ, or other musical instrument.
- staves. Groups of five lines and four spaces on which notes are written.
- Stephen (stē´ven).
- symphony (sĭm´fo-nĭ). A musical composition written in three or four parts for the orchestra.
T
- Tannhäuser (tän´hoi-zẽr).
- Thames (temz). A river of England.
V
- Venetians (ve-nē´shans). People of Venice.
- Venice (vĕn´ĭs). A city of Italy.
- Verona (vā-rō´nȧ). A city in Italy.
- Vienna (vē-ĕn´nȧ). A city of Austria.
- viol (vī´ŭl). A musical instrument much like a violin, but larger.
- viola (vī´ō-lȧ). An instrument larger than a violin, but smaller than a viol.
- violoncello (vē-ō-lŏn-chĕl´lō). A bass viol.
W
- Wagner (väg´nẽr).
- West´min-ster Ab-bey. A large, beautiful church in London.
- Wieck (vēk).
- Wolfgang (volf´gȧng).