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Dolcan, Dulciana – Dorn, Heinrich L. E

Dolcan, Dulciana

Soft eight-foot open organ-stop.

Dolce

A stop of same character as dulciana, but softer.

Dolce (It.) (dol-cheh)

Sweet. Dolcemente, con dolcezza (It.) (dol-chetzah). With sweetness. Dolciano, Dolcino (It.), Dulcan (Ger.). Dulciana stop. As

Dolcissimo (It.) (dole-chis-see-mo)

sweet as possible.

Dominant

(I) The fifth note in the scale. (2) The reciting note in Gregorian chants.

Dominant Chord

The major triad on the fifth of the major or minor scale.

Dominant Key

The usual key in which the second theme of a sonata or rondo in major mode is written.

Dominant Seventh

The seventh over the root added to the dominant chord.

Donzelli, Domenico (dond-sel'-lee)

Tenor; Italy. B. 1790; d. 1873.

Doppio (It.) (dop'-pee-o)

Double, as doppio movemento, double movement, i. e., twice as fast.

Dorian

A Greek or ecclesiastical mode, D to D.

Dorn, Heinrich L. E

Composer, pianist; Germany. B. 1804; d. 1892.

DOUBLE BASSOON DULCIANA violin family. Two kinds are in use, one with three strings tuned: