goat-trill

A shake in either instrumental or origin, consisting of a large, shallow bowl of metal which is struck with a vocal music that too closely resembles stick furnished with a stuffed leather the bleating of a goat; hence an unmusical trill. Called Bocks triller in head. It is used extensively in German; trillo caprino in Italian, and Chinese temple and court ceremonies, chevrotement in French. and in the modern orchestra is used God Save the King in emphasizing especially dramatic The national anthem of England. It efforts. Its far-reaching voice has led was first sung in public at a dinner to its more practical use as an instrugiven in 1740 to celebrate the taking ment for calling or signaling. of Porto-Bello by Admiral Vernon. The singer, Henry Carey, who also A discordant tone, like a squawk, wrote Sally in Our Alley, is said to goose made accidentally upon any reed be the composer of both words and instrument. music. This anthem was probably compiled from several older airs, notgorgheggi (gor-ged'-j!) A trill; figured singing,It. with n. runs, ably one by Dr. Jan Bull, dated 1619. trills. The origin has been attributed to gorgheggio (gor-ged'-jo) It. n. Lully, the court musician of Louis A trill; a shake. XIV., but with little or no authority. Weber and Beethoven used it. It is the An Arabian flute appearing in two tune for a Danish national song, for gosba different varieties. The form used in Pru ian and Swi national hymns accompanying a singer is furnished and for My Country Tis of Thee, with three finger holes and has the gol Irish n. compa of an octave. The other try.A funeral dirge of the Irish peas an form is larger, is pierced with six finger holes and is designed more for gola (go-la) It. n. instrumental use. 1. The throat. goto Same(go'-to) as koto.Jap. n. 2. A guttural voice, goll-trompo Gottesdienst (got'-tes-deen'-st) Ger. n. Divine service. An ancient trumpet used by English, Danes and Normans. It wa9 gout (goo) Fr. n. probably a small trumpet and received Taste; judgment; style, its name because carried in the hand, governing key as goll is an old slang term for hand, The predominating key; the key in golpeka)de Spa. music a (gol'-pa da moo'-sewhich the composition is written. A company of musicians. Grabgesang (grap'-ge-zang') Ger. n. Grablied (grap'-lef) Ger. n. Gondellied (son'-del-lef) Ger. n. Literally, grave song; funeral song; dirge. A gondolier song. 251 232 grace note Gradus ad Parna um grace note and prayers which used to be sung on An ornamental note: a note, not the altar steps. e ential, and sometimes even foreign 2. A hymn or prayer sung in the to the melody in which it occurs, Roman Catholic service between the inserted to add grace and beauty. It epistle and the gospel. This was for is not counted in completing the time merly sung on the altar steps of a measure; hence, the value given (gradus) at the close of the reading of it has to be substracted from one of the epistle, while the book was being the other notes, and it is invariably written smallj*=£ carried from the epistle side to the gospel side of the altar, hence the er. Grace notes were name. Also called cantatorium. formerly used more exgradual modulation tensively than now, their selection in A gradual pa ing from one key to vocal music often being left to the another by means of chords, discretion of the singer, graduate (grad-fl-a'-le) It. n. Same as gradual.