Flannagan
JOHN, an American sculptor; born at Newark, N. J. He studied under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and in Paris. Among the most important works executed by him were the monumental clock in the Library of Congress; a bronze relief at the Newark Public Library; and a number of portrait busts and heads. He was awarded many medals for the excellence of his work, and was an associate of the National Academy and a member of the National Sculpture Society.
FLAT. In music, a character of the form b, which depresses the note before which it is placed, a chromatic semitone.
Thus Db signifies a semi-tone below D natural. On keyed instruments the short keys are the representatives of these flats and sharps. An accidental flat is one which, though not occurring at the commencement of the staff, is inserted in any other part of it, and only affects the bar in which it is placed. A flat fifth is an interval of a fifth depressed by a flat.