giuocante

adv. (joo-6-kan'-te) It. adj. or more different parts, more or le independent of each other. It is sung 1. (adj.) Playful; joyous. usually without accompaniment and 2. (adv.) Playfully; gaily. may be tender, gay, sad or jovial in giuoco (joo-6'-ko) It. n. character. It is e entially English, An organ stop. Synonym of gioco. and 1830. was popular from about 1760 to giuocoso (joo-6-k6'-so) It. adj. With sport and gaiety. Synonym of gleek (glek) A. S. n. giuocante. An old Anglo Saxon word for musigiustamente (joos-ta-men'-te) It. adv. cian or music. The term glee is.Justly; strictly, probably derived from this word, gmstezza (joos-tet'-tsa) It. n. gleiche Stimmen (gllkh'-e shtim'-men) Accuracy; precision; exactne . Ger. giusto (joos'-to) It. adj. Like voices: voices having the same Even; steady; precise; regular. name, as tenors, sopranos. Sometimes giusto is applied to another term, and then means moderate, gleicher Same asKlang (glikh'-er klang) Ger. Gleichklang. as, dante,andante giusto, a moderate an given ba gleicher tra-poonkt) Ger. (glikh'-Sr kon'- Kontrapunkt dies. Similar harmony of tones or melo-. A ba which is given and to which the harmony is to be added, giving out Gleichklang (glikh'-klang) Ger. n. Unison; concord: a simultaneous The organ prelude, by which the combination of two harmonious tones. 249 230 gleichschwebende Temperatur gnaccare gleichschwebende Temperatur (glikh- Glockenspiel (glok'-en-shpel) Ger. n. shva'-ben-de tem-per-a-to or') Ger. 1. Chimes; a peal of bells. Equal temperament; that is, a 2. The name given to an organ stop method of tuning in which the which imitates a chime of bells. standard interval is the twelfth part 3. An instrument made of tuned of an octave. bells and struck with hammers, or gleichstimmig (glikh'-stim-mikh) Ger. played by levers attached to a keyadj. board. Concordant; harmonious, gloria (glo'-ri-a) Certain hymns Lat. n. of praise to God gleiten (gli'-ten) Ger. v. used in nearly all church services. The To glide, as the fingers on an instrument. name is derived from the first word of glicibarifona (gle-che-ba-ri-fo'-na) It. the hymns, " Gloria in Excels is Deo " n. and " Gloria Patri." The name given by Catterini to a The " Gloria in Excels is Deo," Glory reed organ, po e ing a compa of in the Highest to God, is called the four octaves, which he invented in great doxology and contains the 1827. words sung by the angels, who glide appeared to the shepherds on the eve The sounding of two succe ive of the birth of Christ. These words tones in a smooth, connected manner are found in Luke ii, 14. and are so that no break occurs between them, known as the Angelical Hymn. This gliding hymn is used in the Eastern Liturgy A term applied to flute-playing: a at the beginning of the Eucharistic sliding movement of the fingers for office; in the Western or Roman it the purpose of blending the tones. appears in the ma after the Kyrie Glied (glet) Ger. n. and in the Anglican Church it stands Link: the term is used to expre a at the end of the communion. chord; as, Einglied, one chord, The " Gloria in Excels is " is omitted gli ade (glis-sad) Fr. n. during all seasons of penance, as Literally, sliding; gliding: applied to Advent, Lent and also in Requiem the act of pa ing the fingers smoothly Ma es. and evenly over the keys or strings of 2. Gloria, Le er Doxology, see also an instrument. Gloria Patri. gli ando (glis-san'-do) It. adj. Gloria Patri (glo'-ri-a pa'-trl) Lat. gli ato (glis-sa'-to) It. adj. " Glory Be to the Father, and to the Smooth; in a gliding manner; Son, slurred. Abbr. gli . called and the to le er the Holy Ghost."and This doxology is is of gli ement (gles-mafi) Fr. n. unknown origin, though it has been Act of sliding; in a gliding manner, used since earliest times in the Eastgli er (glis-sa) Fr. v. ern and Western offices. It is now To slide; to glide; to execute a pa ung in the Roman and Anglican sage smoothly and flowingly. churches at the close of each psalm, a gli ez la pouce (glis-sa la poos) Fr. custom peculiar to Western churches, Slide the thumb, glotte (glot) Fr. n. gli icando (glis-sT-kan'-do) It. adj. glottis gli icato (glis-si-ka'-to) It. adj. 1. The(glot'-is) mouth ofEng. the n. wind pipe, that Smooth; in a gliding manner; is, the opening at the top of the larynx slurred. between the vocal chords. During glits chen (glit'-shen) Ger. v. speech the chords are drawn closer To slide; to glide. To play a pasand the opening becomes a mere slit. sage smoothly and flowingly. 2. The name by which the reeds of Glockchen (glek'-khen) Ger. n. ancient instruments of the clarinet A little bell. and oboe family were known,