Kantor (kan'-tor) Ger. n

Cantor: choir leader or precentor; unle strongly original, is apt to i miso me times this post is filled by a tate, perhaps unconsciously, the style singer who leads or directs the rest, or musical material of compositions at other times by the organist. In by others, with which his mind is nec- German rural districts the term is e arily much occupied. applied to a person who acts both as Kapellstil (ka-pel'-shtel) Ger. n. organist and as village schoolmaster. Church or chapel style: vocal, espe- See also Cantor, cially choral, music without accomkanun Tur. n. paniment. The more usual term is a Same as kanoon. cappella. Kanzellied (kan'-tsel-let') Ger. n. Kapodaster (ka-po-das'-ter) Ger. n. From kanzel, a place enclosed by See capotasto. lattice-work, a chancel, and lied, a Karfreitag (kar-fri'-takh) song; therefore chancel-song; the Good Friday: the Friday Ger. n. preceding hymn sung just before the sermon. Easter Sunday. Kanzone (kan-tso'-ne) Ger. n. Ka ation (kas-sa'-tsT-6n) Ger. n. A song; specifically: (a) a folk- Literally, dismi al. song; (b) a part-song; or (c) a vocal 1. The closing number of a musical composition in which the various performance. parts repeat the subject at different 2. A species of serenade comprising intervals, somewhat in the style of a several pieces of instrumental music. madrigal, or a canon. In this sense Kas tag net ten (kas-tan-yet'-ten) Ger. n. the name came to be applied to an instrumental composition treated simi- Castanets: small clappers of ivory larly. See also canzone. or hard wood shaped like concave Kapelle (ka-pel'-le) Ger. n. shells, snapped in the hands in rhyth- 1. Chapel; church. mic accompaniment to a song or 2. A band of musicians, either sing dance. Used chiefly by the Spaniards. ers or players, or both, employed in Katzenmusik (kaftsen - moo - zek') connection with a church, or a court, Ger. n. or as a part of the private establish- Literally, cat music; any kind of ment of a nobleman. This meaning was mock music, in which noise and dismost tury. common in the Eighteenth Centurbance are more evident than tone. Compare charivari. 3. According to modern usage, a Kavatine (ka-va-te'-ne) Ger. n. band of instrumentalists, especially an A short melody of one strain, freorchestra. quently preceding an aria, but simpler Kapellknabe (ka-pel'-kna'-be) Ger. n. and usually expre ive of tender senti- A choir-boy. ment. Equivalent to cavatina. 299 280 kazoo kettledrum kazoo Kenner Knower;(ken'-ner) one who Ger. n. knows: a judge, A mock-musical instrument, comprising a tube covered with a mem or connoi eur as of music. brane which vibrates when some one Kent bugle sings or speaks into the tube, A name given to the keyed bugle in keck (kek) Ger. adj. honor of the Duke of Kent. See also Bold; daring; saucy. key bugle, Keckheit (kek'-hit) Ger. n. kerana (ke-ra'-na) Per. n. Boldne ; audacity; a urance, A plain trumpet used in Persia to keener announce sunset and midnight, Wailer: one of the singers or keranim mourners at Irish wakes. Keeners Hebrew (ke-ra'-nim) trumpets. Heb. n.of keren. Plural were usually selected from among the keras (ke'-ras)term Grk. n. female relatives and friends of the A general meaning horn, used deceased. by the ancient Greeks. n. keraulophon (ke-raw'-lo-fon) Kehlfertigkeit (kal'-fer-tikh-kit') Ger. Literally, horn flute: an organGrk.stop n. Vocal skill or facility. introduced in 1843. It is composed of pipes whose lowest pitch is two Kehlkopf (kal'-kopf) Ger. n. octaves below middle C. The tone The vocal chords; the larynx. quality is pleasing and resembles that Kehllaut (kal'-lowt) Ger. n. of the gamba stop. A hole bored in Literally, throat-sound: a guttural sound. the pipe not far from the top adds a piercing quality to the tone.