autoarpa Wagner (aootoar'pa)

An improvement on the autoharp by It. popularity in the Middle Ages, many which that instrument may be played hymns are founded on it. in the ordinary keys. It was invented Ave regina coelorum (a'-ve re-ji'-na by E. Glasel, of Mark neuk irc hen, in se-lo'-rum Lat. or a'-ve ra-ge'-na se- 1896. See autoharp. lo'-rum) autoharp Hail! Queen of the Skies. A Roman A zither without finger-board or ac- Catholic antiphon or responsive hymn comp an i ment strings. All the strings sung during the divine office from are swept or struck by a plectrum and the Feast of the Purification, February are stopped by a series of from four second, to Holy Thursday, and folto eight compound dampers called lowed by its own versicle and remanuels or pedals so arranged that sponse. It is found in St. Alban's pre ing one down leaves free only Book of the Twelfth Century and was certain strings which form a chord. introduced into the service by Pope When these are swept with the plec- Clement VI in the Fourteenth Century. trum a chord results. The melody is During Lent and Pa ion tide it reaccented by special stre put on the calls the part of Mary in opening melody tone of the chord. heaven to man. autophon avec (e-vek) Fr. prep. Grk. (aw'-to-fon) Eng. n. from With. A kind of barrel organ. avec allegre e (a-vek al-la-gres') Fr. autore (a-oo-to'-re) It. n. With gayety: cheerfulne ; joyful- Author; composer. ne ; sprightline . Equivalent to alauxiliary notes legrement (Fr.), and con allegrezza or Notes not e ential to the harmony allegramente (It.). or melody but introduced to break avec ame (a-vek am) Fr. po ible monotony; for instance, a With soul, spirit: soulfully, feelingly. grace note or added note, a tone or Equivalent to con brio or con semitone above or a semitone below spirito (It.). an e ential note. auxiliary scales avec Withdouleur sadne ,(a-vak doo-lur') Fr. sorrowfully. The scales of relative keys. See avec feu (a-vek fu) Fr. also relative keys. With fire, fervor, animation: bright- Ave re'-a) Maria (a-ve ma-ri'-a or a'-ve ma ly, spiritedly. avec gout (a-vek goo) Fr. Hail! Mary. tically, With good taste: tastefully; artis- 1. The opening of a hymn to the Holy Virgin, written about the Twelfth avec le chant (a-vek lu shan) Fr. or Thirteenth Century. It is based on With the singing; meaning that the the words of the angel Gabriel, " Hail accompanist is to follow the singer Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with implicitly. Equivalent to col canto, thee," and Elizabeth's salutation, colle parte, and coll a voce (It.) ' Ble ed art thou among women, and avec lenteur (a-vek laii-tur) Fr. ble ed is the fruit of thy womb." With slowne ; slowly; lingeringly. These words have furnished the text of many musical compositions by emiavec With les the pieds feet.(a-vek la. pe-a') Fr. nent Composers. avec liaison (a-vek le-ez-on) Fr. 2. Also a prayer to the Virgin Mary With connection; union, bound to consisting of the two salutations and gether. Smoothly. Same as legato. a short prayer added by the church. avicinium (av-i-sin'-I-um) Lat. n. a1,s-called the Angelic salutation. A word derived from avis, meaning Ave Maris Stella (a'-va ma'-ris stel-la bird, and vicinia, meaning likene . or a'-ve ma'-res stel'-la) Lat. The name applied to an organ stop r i. i- Star Catholic hymn of to the Sea- A Roman composed of pipes which are so con the Virgin, sung at structed as to produce a tone resemthe Vesper service on her festivals. It bling that of a bird. m -S the Psa,ms ar>d precedes the avoided cadence Magnificat. It is an unrhymed accen- A cadence which is prepared for and tual hymn frequently ascribed to St. then omitted. See also cadence. 71 52 avoir du rete ni e ment B moll avoir du rete ni e ment (a-vwar du azione sacre (a-tsi-6'-ne sa'-kra) It. rii-tan-tes-man') Fr. A sacred musical drama; an ora- To have an echo: to be repeated. torio. B B B double sharp 1. The seventh tone of the scale of The note B raised two semitones by C major, that is, of the scale which means of a double sharp; the same has C for the keynote or first degree, tone as C sharp. and has the interval of a major third, B dur (ba door) Ger. two whole tones, between C and the The key of B flat major. third degree, namely, E. This scale B flat chord is considered to be the typical diatonic The B flat major key has two flats scale because it nece itates no flats in the signature. The and sharps to bring about the succes chord of B flat consists sion of tones and semitones required of the notes B flat, D