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Morceau (Fr.) (mor-so)

A "morsel;" a short piece; an extract.

Mordent, Mordente (It.), Beisser (Ger.).

A sign indicating a single rapid stroke of the auxiliary note below the principal followed by a return to the principal. Thus- MN Played.

When the sign is used without the dash through it, thus / it is called an Inverted Mordent, or Pralltriller, and con- Morgan, G. W. Organist; England. B. 1823; d. 1895.

Moscheles, Ignaz (mosh'-e-lehs). Composer, pianist; Bohemia, Germany. B. 1794; d. 1870.

MORENDO sists of the principal and the auxiliary note above. Thus- W Played.

The Mordent proper is not used in modern music, and the word Mordent is now by common usage applied to the inverted Mordent, or Pralltriller. Morendo (It.) [from morire, to die]. Dying away; gradually growing softer and slower.