groppetto

A turn or (grop-pet'-to) a trill. See It.also n. turn. Synonym of Gruppeto. gro o (gros'-so) It. adj. Great; grand; full. groppo (grop'-po) It. n. Gro vatertanz (gros - fa - ter - tants) A group of short notes tied to- Ger. gether. Synonym of gruppo. The grandfather dance. An old grosfa (gro-fa) Fr. German family dance very popular jn The name given to the old form of the Seventeenth Century and still writing music in which the notes were danced in Germany at the present not round, but square, oblong and diaday. The words sung to the dance mond shaped; the difference in the tell how simple life was " to when shape indicated the time value of the grandfather took grandmother be note. Also called square notation, his bride, then no one thought of gros tambour (gro tan-boor') Fr. borrowing foreign words and man- Literally, large drum: ba drum, ners, especially from the French, then gro (gros) Ger. adj. a man's handshake was his oath, and. Large, great. When applied to then the wife loved her home and her intervals it means major. family." It is three-four time and the 257 238 Gro vatertanz tune is very simple. This dance was guaracha (gwa-ra'-cha) Spa. popular at weddings and family fest i- A national Spanish guide dance. The vals, and so expre ive of German measure is lively, and it is written in family sentiment that in 1825 the two different kinds of time, one part Prince of He and the Duke of in triple, the other in double time. Saxe Meinigen commanded it to be The steps are very graceful, included in the music composed for their Festival March. guar an it a (gwa-ra-ne'-ta) Spa. n. A variety of the Spanish guitar. The dance was used much as Guarnerius " Home Sweet Home " is, to conclude The name given to violins made by an evening's pleasure, and for this Guarnerius. These violins are very reason is often called the " Kehraus," highly prized, and were made by the literally, turn-out. It was the popular celebrated Guarneri family of Creair of the Seventeenth Century and mona. The early members of this has been introduced in many musical family of violin makers sought to give compositions of later time. Schumann their instruments form and style, but uses it in his Carnival and also in the all their masterpieces yield in fame to finale of his Papillons. the celebrated violins of Joseph Del grottesco (grot-tes'-ko) It. adj. Gesu. Splendid varnish, wonderful Grotesque. curves, and softne of tone were all ground ba characteristic of the Guarnerius; but A simple ba consisting of four or the tone producing powers of the eight bars, which is constantly re- " Joseph " was its main quality. Until peated throughout the entire move the present century the Strad i var i us ment. was preferred by amateurs; but today group the Guarnerius is the most popular, 1. Several short notes tied; a run. 2. A division of the orchestra comguddok (goo-dok) Rus. n. prising instruments of the same cla ; A primitive violin having a guitar as, the wind-instrument group. shaped body and furnished with three Grund (groont) Ger. n. strings. The tone is weak owing to Basis; ground; foundation. the imperfect construction. gue (gu)