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are to join the singer in repeating certain couplets or 

 verses. 



Co'da. — A few measures added beyond the natural close of a 

 composition, which may usually be omitted at pleasure. 



Cd'orature. — All manner of variations, trills, etc., intended to 

 make a song agreeable. 



Concerto. — A piece of music composed for a particular in- 

 strument, which bears the greatest part in it, or in which 

 the performance is partly alone and partly accompanied by 

 other parts. 



Conservatory. — A musical school expressly intended for the 

 scientific cultivation of musical talent. 



Coun'terpoint. — The science of harmon}', including the art of 

 combining and modulating consonant sounds, or of dis- 

 posing several parts in such a manner as to make an agree- 

 able whole. 



Coun'ter-Ten'or. — One of the middle parts between the treble 

 and the tenor. 



Dirge. — A song or tune intended to express grief, sorrow, or 

 mourning. 



Buet', Duett'o. — A song or piece for two performers. 



Echometer, — Among musicians, a kind of scale or rule, serv- 

 ing to measure the duration and length of sounds and to 

 determine their intervals and ratios. 



Extravagan'za. — A kind of composition remarkable for its 

 wikhiess and incoherence. 



Falset'to. — That species of voice in a man the compass of 

 which lies above his natural voice. 



Fanfare'. — A short, lively, loud, and warlike piece of music, 

 composed for trumpets and kettle-drums. 



Fanta'sia. — A fanciful air, not restricted to the severe laws of 

 composition. 



Finale. — The concluding part of a musical composition. 



Fin'gering. — The art of applying the fingers to a musical in- 

 strument so skilfully as to produce the notes desired. 



Fugue, — A species of composition in which the different parts 

 follow one another, each repeating in order what the first 

 had performed, but at a certain interval above or below 

 the preceding part. 



Gam'ut. — A scale on which notes in music are written or printed, 

 consisting of lines and spaces, which are named after the 

 first seven letters of the alphabet. 



