rhythmical accent

The special stre , apart from regu four times ular time accent, given to the themes, five times. motives, phrases or sections of a piece, depending on the rhythm of the rhythmi que (redh-mek) Fr. adj. composition and giving character to rhythmisch (ret'-mlsh) Ger adj. the music. See also accent and Rhythmic; rhythmical. rhythm, Rhythmus (ret'-moos) Ger. n. rhythmical signatures Rhythm. ri At the beginning of a piece, after the key signature, a sign is placed The syllable denoting the second to denote the time or rhythm. It contone of a scale, sharped. In the key sists of two numerals placed one of C it stands for D sharp. See also solmization. above the other, the upper indicates the number of beats to the measure ribattere (re-bat-ta'-re) It. v. and the lower the kind of note as- To beat back; to reverberate. signed to each beat. See also time. rib att i men to (re-bat-ti-men'-to) It. n. rhythmical value signs A frequent repetition of a tone or The signs of notation at present in chord; reverberation. use, evolved from those of measurable ribattuta (re-bat-too'-ta) It. adj. notation, are: Beaten back; restruck: it directs the repetition of two notes with H Ml gradually increasing speed, ending in a trill. breve rib be chino (reb-bek-ke'-no) It. n. O Diminutive of ribeca: hence a small rebec. semibreve ribeba (re-ba'-ba) It. n. A rebec, a primitive stringed instrument of Moorish origin, played with minim a bow. At first it had only two strings but afterward a third was added by the Spaniards. See also rebec, ribible (ri-blb'-'l) Old Eng. n. j.rf crochet See rebec. 458 439 ribs ridevolmente ribs... prolonging, diminishing, inverting or The sides of stringed instruments gathering together of the principal of the violin or guitar cla , which themes are used to produce brilliant connect the back and the belly of the and unexpected results. Such a fugue sounding-box. Fr. equivalent, ecli es; is called a ricercare or ricer at a, a Ger., Zargen; It., fancie. fugue with research. The name is also occasionally applied to fugues ricantare (re-kan-ta'-re) It. v. without episodes or digre ions. To sing again; to recant, riccio (re'-tcho) It. n. rich i am are 1. To call (re-ki-a-ma'-re) back; summon It. v. to arms. Literally, the husk of chestnuts: a curl: a scroll, or the terminal curve 2. To sing like a bird, shrilly, war of the head in the violin in which the ble, whistle. pins for tuning the strings are in rich i am at a (ri-kia-ma'-to) It. n. serted, Call; call to arms; a embly, a milrice dance of Japan itary signal, A dance of the Japanese rustics, richiamo (re-ki-a'-mo) It. n. preserved from ancient times for Recall; call; bird call; a whistle or performance at the rice festival. It warble in imitation of a bird. Singis only danced by men wearing round ing with trills or turns hats pre ed over their eyes, and ricochet (re-ko-sha') Fr. n. girdles, both of rice straw, and small Rebound: a style of playing decloaks with wide sleeves that flutter tached notes staccato, on the violin, in like the wings of a huge insect as the which the wrist is not used; dist in dancers move through a series of guished from the sautille in which thirty figures. each note is played with a separate rice dance of Madagascar. movement of the wrist. A pantomimic dance in which one ricordanza (re-kor-dan'-tsa) It. n. man takes part. In rhythmic step Recollection; remembrance; remihe imitates the clearing of the land; niscence: a musical plagiarism. first using the ax as if cutting down riddle-canon the trees, then burning the remnants An enigmatical canon: a canon of the destroyed forest, running here written on one staff, usually with as and there fanning the flames with his many clefs as there were to be parts. breath and uttering sounds to simu- Only the subject was written out, the late the crackling of the fire and the solution of the place and method snapping of the twigs and branches. of_ introducing the answering parts ims done, he sows the seed; and in being left for the ingenuity of the conclusion, calls upon the gods to singers to discover. Such compos i- We the fields and harvests. tions were the delight of composers Ricercar (re-tser-kaV) Ger. n. ricercare (re-cher-ka'-re) It. n. and singers during the days of counncercata (re-cher-ka'-ta) It. n. terpoint in_ the Middle Ages. The written subject of the canon was at prom the verb, ricercare, to seek that time called fug a and the signs again search: originally a prelude or mysterious directions given for J7the s.?ug to draw the atten the entry of the imitating parts were ot listehtners and prepare for tion the called the canon, rule, but the term P incipal piece; a flourish. Late r dif can on was afterward used to disand nrtCrC1S,e!' 80lfegP. madrigals tinguish a fugue in which the sub- Inrt. i e.laborate, brilliant vocal ject and answer followed each other d' » i ° instrumental pieces in a around. Equivalent to Raths elk an on we*r, ■ Va hkt,.a fantasia or toccata, (Ger.). comn Cd t0, disPlav the skill of the riddone (red-do'-ne) It. n. Sa*er andPerf°rrner. Ricercari or A village dance. Riddone is an obwerp I ' aS they are variously called, solete Italian word for roundelay. SevL. m£°Vn the Sixteenth and rideau (re-do) Fr. n. recheS" Jp Centuries. Same as Curtain: Rideau s'ouvre, the^ curthe S (Fr,)' research (Eng.) and tain opens; lever, or, bai er le rideau, ricerr,? "A trm voluntary. to raise or drop the curtain. (re-da' -vol-men'-te) It. adv. nte ride vol me nicallv,it0 Ve/y difficult and techingly. S, various devices f"«ue,?ar"ed of imitatio n such the in which as Ludicrously, pleasantly, or laugh- 459 440 ridicimento rikk Ringelpauke