Bassklausel (bas'-klow-zel)

Ba movement. At the Ger. closen. of — «—— — It. Eighteenth Century. to the certain compositions the rhythmic ba o recitante (bas'-so ra-che-tan'-te) change of the ba from the form The ba part of a small chorus. built on the dominant, or fifth note of the scale to that built on the tonic, or ba o ripieno (bas'-so re-pe-a'-no) It. first note. Full or filling ba : a ba part intended to be played only in the parts Ba lade (bas'-la-de) Ger. n. where all the voices or instruments The sounding-board of an instruare used, ment. ba o tenuto (bas'-so te-noo'-to) It. Ba laute (bas'-low-te) Ger. n. Holding or following ba : that See theorbo. ba part which continues throughout ba o the composition, with numerals above The (bas'-so) ba part. It.See n. also ba . and below each ba note to indicate ba o concertante (bas'-so kon-cher the notes which form the other parts. tan'-te) It. ba on quinte (bas-sofi-kant) Fr. The principal ba accompanying A tenor ba oon, at interval of a fifth solos and recitatives; also, lighter and higher in pitch than the ordinary basmore delicate parts played by ba oon soon. It had a compa of F on the and violoncello. first space below the ba clef to F on the top line of the treble clef. It ba o It.continuo (bas'-so kon-t!-noo'-6) is now entirely out of use. An instrumental ba part running ba on ru e (bas-sofi riis) Fr. throughout the composition and ac- A variety of ba horn having no 82 63 ba on ru e baton de reprise connection with the ba oon, or points strument. It is much used in orchestra of similarity with it. and was written for by the most celeb as so on brated composers. Abbr, B., bn. A wooden double reed instrument ba oon, Ru ian which forms the natural ba for oboe See Ru ian ba oon. and other similar reed instruments. It ba oon stop probably descended from a cla of An organ stop composed of pipes ancient instruments called bombardo, which give a tone similar to that of brummers or pommers, and the early the ba oon. instruments had a contrivance some- Ba pommer what on the order of the crooks and The lowest (bas'-pom-mer) Ger. n. member of the pommer transposing slides of modern bra family. See also Pommer. instruments; there were holes stopped by the fingers as well as holes closed Ba posaune A ba trombone.(bas'-po-zow'-ne) Abbr. B. P.Ger. n. by pegs and used only in certain keys. The modern instrument consists of Ba aite (bas'-zi-te) Ger. n. Literally, ba string: the string of five parts called the crook, wing, butt, an instrument upon which the lowest long joints and bell, which fitted to note is sounded. gether form a hollow cone about eight feet long, tapering from three-six- Ba stim me (bas'-shtim-me) Ger. n. teenths of an inch at the reed to an Literally, the ba part, or ba voice. inch and three-fourths at the bell. In the butt joints the bore is bent basta (bas'-ta) It. interj. abruptly back upon itself, both sec bast ante (bas-tan'-te) It. adj. tions being pierced in the same block Enough, sufficient. Play no further of wood and united at the lower end. unle so directed by the conductor. The prolongation of the double tube bathyphon usually being stopped by a flattened Deep sounding. A wood wind-inoval cork, or the more effective strument probably invented by Skorra or Ureprecht of Berlin in 1829. It modern method of a U-shaped sliding seems to have been somewhat like tube. The whole length of the tube is the serpent and ba horn, and had a ninety-three inches, about twelve in the crook, thirty-two in the downward mouthpiece like a clarinet. Its compa was from D on the second space part and forty-nine in the upward below the ba clef to B flat on the joints. The extreme length of the in first space above. strument is little over four feet. Its finger holes are brought within reach baton (ba-ton) Fr. n. of the fingers of one hand by having Literally, stick. 1. The rod with which the orchestra the upper holes, which are stopped by conductor beats time. the forefinger, bored obliquely upward into the wood and those for the third 2. A rest or pause of two or more measures. and ring finger bored obliquely down- 3. A thick vertical mark acro one ward. Three holes are in the projecting piece of wood, called wing joint, or more spaces of the staff which indiand three on the front of the butt joint, cates a rest of as many measures as closed by the first three fingers of there are spaces covered by the mark, left and right hands, respectively, a written thus: hole on the back of the butt joint closed by the thumb of the right hand and a series of interlacing keys on the I'luiiim-i indicating rests for one, two, three, long joint producing the lowest notes four and five measures. Rests of more of the scale by means of the left than two measures, however, are thumb. The ba oon is held in the usually indicated by numbers over the hollow of the hands on a level with signs. See also rest. the breast, the right hand being a bit below and behind the left thigh. batonFr.de mesure (ba-ton du mu-ziir') The ba oon has a range of from B Stick or measure: the rod with flat on the third space below the base which the leader of an orchestra beats clef to A flat on the second space of time. the treble clef. It has a very comp lib at on de reprise (ba-ton du rii-prez) cated scale which varies in different Fr. models, so that a player must be thor- Literally, stick or taking back: a oughly familiar with his individual indirection term meaning to repeat. 65 Bebung Belebtheit struments and in singing by special begleiten (be-gli'-ten) Ger. v. control of the breath. Specifically, it To accompany. is an effect produced on the clavibegleitende Stimmen (be-glit'-en-dechord by vibrating the finger on a key shtim'-men) Ger. n. pi. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music - Dictionary