notturno (not-to or'-no)

1. A nocturne. It. n. Literally, a gentle gradation of 2. Also called a religious service color: in music, a shading in vocal inheld at night. See also nocturne. terpretation or instrumental performances, giving artistic expre ion by notula (no'-tu-la) Lat. n. means of variations in time and force. null Literally, a little mark or note: applied to the small notes used in A nought (0) used in figured or writing a ligature; a musical phrase thoroughba to indicate that there on which only one syllable is sung. are to be no treble notes, or that if Diminutive of nota. employed they are to be octaves of nourri (no or-re) Fr. part., mas. the ba . Equivalent to tas to solo nourrie (no or-re) Fr. part., fem. (It), number Nourished, fed; hence rich, full or well sustained, in connection with the A division of or selection from a quality of a tone, as, son nourri, a full, long work, such as a movement of a well sustained tone. Equivalent to symphony or sonata; a song, aria, nutrito (It.). recitative or chorus from an opera or nourrir le son (no or-rer lu s6n) Fr. oratorio: or any single piece on a pro- Hold or sustain the tone. gram. 380 361 number, opus O number, opus perhaps a more suitable time. The The number attached to the works Anglican vesper service is a com of a composer in the order of their bin at i on of vespers and compline; publication, to make reference to anynunc dimittis usually forms part of special work easy, since much con this service, but the Sixty-seventh fusion would otherwise result when Psalm is sometimes substituted, as there are several pieces with the same the Second Service Book of Edward title, as is not infrequently the case. VI., 1552, allows. However, nunc dinumercial notation mitt is is the more popular. Since it A plan originated by Rou eau for belongs to the least important of the substituting numerals for the names daily services, the great church com of the seven scale tones. Day and posers of the Middle Ages overlooked Beal's one-lined system, introduced in it, but English composers after the Ma achusetts in 1851, is similar. Reformation wrote many settings to numero (noo-ma'-ro) It. n. the canticle, The American History and Encyclopedia of Music - Dictionary