musiquette

1. A little(mu-ze-ket') Fr. n. piece of music. muthwillig (moot'-vil-likh) Ger. adj. 2. Collectively, light music, Wanton; pert; mischievous; lively mu ette in style. See musetta. My Country, *Tis of Thee mut a (moo'-ta) It. n. This song, also called America, pre- Change; alteration; turn: A direcsents a strong claim as the national tion to a player on horn or trumpet hymn of our country. The fact that to change the crooks or tubes that the tune is the same as that of Great alter the pitch; on the drum it means Britain's national hymn has counted to tune the instrument to a different against giving it the honored place. The words were written by the Rev. pitch. mutation Eng. n. Samuel F. Smith, a Baptist clergy mutation (mu-tas-yon) Fr. man, while he was a theological stu- Change, alteration. dent at And over in 1832. It was first 1. The change of voice which ocsung at a children's celebration in Park curs at the age of puberty. Street Church, Boston, July 4, 2. In the old system of solmiza- 1832. For the history of the tune, see tion, the change of syllables which God Save the King. 366 347 Nachsatz mysteries Pa ion and the Resurrection. The my steres (mes-tar) Fr. n. plays were written by churchmen for Mysterien (me-sta'-ri-en) Ger. n. the purpose of giving Bible instrucmysteries tion to the people, since preaching at Sacred dramas common throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, that time was uncommon. The Prod founded upon Bible incidents and igal Son, The Deluge, and Cain and whose characters are taken from the Abel were some of the many subjects Bible. In France the term mystere treated. The Pa ion of our Lord was applied to all religious plays. was usually presented during Holy For distinction between mystery and Week, and the modern Pa ion Play, miracle plays see miracle-plays. Mysgiven at Obe rammer gau, is an outteries, properly speaking, set forth the growth of this. The plays were acred emption of the world as prop he companied by vocal and instrumental sied in the Old Testament and music, and to them may be accredited brought about by the Nativity, the the beginning of the oratorio. N nabla (na'-bla) Grk. n. Nachdruck (nakh'-drook) Ger. n. Equivalent to nablium. See also Emphasis, nablium and nebel. nachdrucklich (nakh-driik'-likh) Ger. nablium (na'-bli-um) Lat. n. adj. and adv. An instrument of the ancient Henachdrucksvoll (nakh - drooks' - fol) brews; ithad ten strings which were Ger. adj. and adv. plucked and was similar to the an- 1. (adj.) Emphatic. cient Egyptian lute called nabla. See 2. (adv.) Emphatically. also nebel. Nachfolge (nakh'-fol-ge) Ger. n.