fabliau

An old(fab-li-6') narrative Fr. poem; n. a metrical and prince had danced with the tale of the troubadours of the Twelfth bride and groom, respectively. The and Thirteenth Centuries. torches, the varied exquisite cos fablier (fab-le-a') tumes, and the gay music made it a One of the cla Fr. of n.medieval bards brilliant affair. This dance is a sur in northern France, especially in the vival of a medieval custom and lends province of Picardy. itself to a great variety of display. fabot (fa-bof) Spa. n. facture (fak-tur') Fr. n. See double ba oon, Literally, the making. faburden 1. The construction or workman- One of the earliest systems of harship of a composition. monizing a given portion of a plain 2. The scale or diameter of organ song. See also falso bordone (It.), pipes. Equivalent to Faktur (Ger.) facade d' orgue (fa-sad d' org') Fr. and fattural (It.). The front of an organ case. fadig (fa'-dikh) Ger. adj. facciata (fat-che-a'-ta) It. n. A suffix meaning threaded and Page; fagade; folio. used in reference to violin strings. facesFr.d'un accord (fas d'un ak-kor') When combined with any numeral it The various ways in which the signifies that the strings are composed of that number of threads, notes of a chord may be arranged, technically called positions. fading 1. An (fad'-ing) Irish dance Irish n. nature of in the fach (fakh) Ger. a jig. Literally, the suffix fold: applied to 2. The burden of a song, the pipes of the organ, in a mixtures top; dreifach, three rows, fiinffach, fafeint A term (fa-fan') Fr. used formerly to designate five rows. a flatted note. facherformiges Pedal (fekh'-er-ferfaggiolo (fad-jo'-lo) It. n. mikh-es pa-dal') Ger. See flageolet. Fan-formed pedal: a pedal keyfagot board belonging to the organ, arranged like a fan. Fagott (fa-got') Ger. n.ba oon: given A name meaning facile 'fa-sel') Fr. adj. because the tube is doubled upon facile (fa-che'-le) It. adj. itself to decrease its length, hence Light; easy, a uming a form somewhat resemfacilmente (fa-chel-men'-te) It. adv. bling a bundle of sticks or fagots. Easily; with facility. fackeltanz (fak'-el-tants) Ger. fagotti no A small (fa-got-te'-no) ba oon. It. n. Literally, torch dances. As the name implies, a dance with torches. An fagottist a (fa-got-tes'-ta) It. n. old German dance which is still a One who plays the ba oon. favorite. The dance itself is a tuneful fagotto (fa-got'-to) It. n. grand march. At the wedding of fag. Equivalent to Fagott (Ger.). Abbr. Prince Margaret, sister of William It. II., with the Prince of He e, an (fa-got'-to kon'-tro) elaborate torch dance, in which the fagotto contro Emperor and Empre and all the See contra-ba oon. royal guests took part, followed the fagotto stop wedding dinner. When the signal for An organ stop composed of pipes the dance was given, twelve pages, which give a tone similar to that of carrying large silver torch-holders the ba oon. containing lighted thick candles, entered the room, and handed these fagot tone (fa-got-to'-ne) It. n. to twelve ministers of state who A term formerly applied to contraba oon. headed the march. After the royal fah proce ion had made two tours See fa and Tonic sol-fa. around the room, the pages took the Fahnenmarsch (fa'-nen-marsh) Ger. n. torches again, replacing the minis- Color march: the military march ters in the march. Every time the are deposited proce ion pa ed the throne, which played place.the colors in their when 217 198 fandango faible false relation faible (feb-1) Fr. adj. Weak; light, When a note sounded by one voice faible ment (feb-1-man') Fr. adv. is simultaneously or succe ively Feebly; weakly. sounded by another voice, but altered faire (far) Fr. v. by a sharp, flat or natural; or, in To do; to make; to execute. chords which are so near together faire chorus (far ko-riis) Fr. that the effect of one note, chromati- To join in the chorus, cally changed, that is, a semitone faire des arpegements (far da-zarf latte ned or sharpened, reappears immediately after in another part, it pezh-man') Fr. To execute arpeggios. is a false relation, false string