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Quadratum (Lat.) – Quire and Quirester
A " square dance." See Pantalon. Interval of 4th. [It. and Lat.,
Busain
Buck, Dudley. Composer, organist; U. S. Bull, "Ole" Bornemann. Violinist; Norway. B. 1810; d. 1880. Bülow, Hans von (behl-o)…
Eclat (Fr.) (eh-claw)
Eclogue or Eglogue (Fr.) [from Greek έκλεγo, to select]. A pastoral; a poem in which shepherds and shepherdesses are the actors…
Tambourin (Fr.) (tam-boo-rang)
(I) A tabor. (2) A French rustic dance. Talexy, A. (tah'-lex-ee). Composer, pianist; France. B. 1820; d. 1881.
Equisono (It.) – Estravaganza (It.) (es-trah-vah-gantza)
Equal sounding; unison. Affected; moved.
Lullaby
MACHINE HEAD Lute, Luth (Ger.) (loot). A string instrument of the guitar family of very ancient origin. It was brought into…