Munterkeit (moon'-ter-kit) Ger. n

Liveline ; sprightline ; vivacity; a certain tone. As the cylinder recheerfulne , volves, the little pegs strike these murkey teeth and the tune is produced. These The name given to a variety of music-boxes vary from a simple little harpsichord music in which the ba box playing one tune, to one playing is in broken octaves, a large number. Music-boxes differ widely in their construction. murkey-ba music dies The ba in a piece called a murkey: such a ba is in broken octaves, Steel punches engraved with muthat is, the two notes of the octaves sical characters used for stamping are not struck simultaneously, but music plates. the lower note is struck first and then music-drama the upper. The name given by Wagner to his murmeln (moor'-meln) Ger. v. operas, Parsifal and the Nibelung To murmur; to whisper; to mut- Ring, particularly, to denote the alter or grumble, most equal importance of the two murmelnd (moor'-mednt) Ger. adj. elements, drama and music, and per- Murmuring; grumbling. haps in some degree to denote the in- Muse tensely radical and dramatic quality 1. Any one of the nine godde es of the music itself. who presided over the fine arts. They music, field were the daughters of Zeus and Martial music, Mnemosyne. Five of them presided music folio oyer music, of whom Melpomene pre- A wrapper or case for holding sided over song and harmony, Terploose sheets of music; used in a sichore over choral dance and song, music store as a convenience for and Poly hymn i a over the inspired cla ifying the music. hymns. music of the future 2. Also the name given to the A term satirically applied to Wag mouthpiece or tube of a bagpipe. ner's work by L. F. C. Bischoff in musetta (moo-zet'-ta) It. n. 18S0; but later used as a watch-word musette (mii-zet) Fr. n. by the Wagner i ans. 1. A small bagpipe consisting of music of the spheres two reeds and a drone supplied with See celestial music. wind by a leathern bag. Formerly music, orchestral much used in various European See orchestral music. countries. music, pa ion 2. Name of melodies written in imi- See pa ion music, tation of the bagpipe tunes. They music-pen are written either in two-four, three- 1. A little instrument consisting of four or six-eight time, and generally a wooden handle and a small piece of have a pedal ba in imitation of the bra so bent as to form five little drone of the bagpipe. Among the gutters. The pen is filled with ink, most celebrated of these are Call viand when drawn acro a sheet of hoe and Nina. paper it produces five parallel lines 3. The dances performed to these which form the musical staff. tunes are called musettes. 2. Also a broad pen which is used music for writing music. Originally, a general name for any music, philosophy of art over which the Muses presided, See philosophy of music. but now specifically referring to that music-recorder art which concerns sounds and their Any instrument which is used to combinations. Abbr. mus. record music, as the melograph, the music-box phonograph. A b°x containing a mechanism music stand which, when wound up, plays tunes An upright frame for holding automatically. In the so-called Swi music, to be placed in front of the music-box, a metal cylinder, studded performer; used especially by violin with little pegs, is caused to revolve ists and other players whose hands by means of clock work. Parallel to the cylinder is a comb-like row of litare ments.fully occupied with their instru- 363 344 music-timekeeper musical gla es