value

The length or duration of a note or 1. To improvise an accompaniment. rest. The value, or, more properly 2. An improvised accompaniment or speaking, time value, of a note or rest depends on its relation to the other prelude. variamente (va-n-a-men'-te) It. adv. notes of the piece or to its standard value, Variously; differently; in a varied, free, style. valve variation A device for admitting or shutting The transformation of a theme by 575 556 variation veloci imo means of harmonic, melodic, or rhythoften lacking in refinement, is at least mic changes and embellishments. decent; and, notwithstanding the hosts Abbr. var. of critics who fear the downfall of varia to (va-n-a'-to) It. part. legitimate drama and predict the Varied; changed; having variations. weakening of the power of sustained Equivalent to varie (Fr.). attention to a high cla play of any var i azione (va-ri-a-tsi-d'-ne) It. n. length, so long as vaudeville amuses See variation. its audiences it will undoubtedly retain varsovienne (var-so-ve-en') Fr. n. its present popularity. A few years A dance generally supposed to have ago vaudeville performers were far originated in France in imitation of inferior to legitimate actors, but now the Polish mazurka, polka and remany of the latter have joined its dow a. The name is the feminine form ranks, attracted by its superior salaof the adjective varsovien, of or perries, for at the present time it is said taining to Warsaw. A dancing mas that vaudeville performers are the ter named Desire made it first known abest paid of all persons who work for living. in Paris in 1853, and later it was approved by the Empre Eugenie as a vedel (fa-del) Dutch n. feature of the Tuileries balls. The Fiddle, music is in three-four time, with a veemente (va-a-men'-te) It. adj. strong accent on the first beat of Vehement; forcible; energetic, every second measure, where occur veiled marked pauses in the dance, giving a An adjective, usually applied in deliberate and dignified effect. singing to tones somewhat obscured, vaudeville (vod-vel) Fr. n. either purposely or unintentionally. This is generally understood to be The veiled tone is sometimes desirderived from Vaux de Vire, Valleys able as it softens the metallic quality, of Vire, in Normandy, where, during and, again, unle skilfully used, it the Fifteenth Century, Oliver Bas detracts from clear vocalization, sel in wrote songs, chiefly satirical, on veiled voice such subjects as love, drinking or A voice the clearne of which is pa ing events. These songs were marred by a condition of the whole usually based on some well-known air, surface of the vocal chords, either or, if original, a catchy tune was natural or superinduced, causing not sought so that they quickly won their a huskine , but a muffling of the way into popular favor and were fretone. A veil may be natural or the quently sung on the street. From result of a wrong position in singing, this circumstance we have another overuse or an unhealthy condition of po ible derivation, voix de ville, the vocal chords. Many voices are voices of the town. veiled; but when the veiling is very Two centuries later such songs slight it is always a defect, but serves were sung between the parts of a drato give the voice richne . Nearly all matic piece; and at a still later period the great dramatic singers have had plays of the character were regularly slightly veiled voices. In the case of concluded by a vaudeville finale, in Pasta and others the defect was diff i which each character sang a verse. cult to overcome. If the veil is culti- From these parodies of operas and vated it seldom fails to ruin the voice. comic operas developed. This light Equivalent to voce velata (It.) and form of dramatic entertainment of voix voilee (Fr.). the Eighteenth Century was inter vela to spersed with lively songs, pantomime Veiled.(va-la'-to) See also It.veiled adj. voice, and dialogue, all having a close con vell uta to (vel-loo-ta'-to) It. adj. nection with one another and forming Velvet; velvety; soft and delicate, an e ential part of the subject. veloce (ve-16-che) It. adj. At the present day vaudeville means Swift; quick; rapid. Frequently a light form of entertainment inc lud used in cadenzas, indicating an immeing any kind of music, monologue, diate and even acceleration of speed, dialogue, playlet or acrobatic feat; in followed at the end of the pa age by fact, anything which will entertain a a return to the original time at the popular audience. In this form vaudewords a tempo. ville is an outgrowth of the variety veloci imo (ve-lo-chis'-si-mo) It. adj. show. Modern vaudeville, though Very swift; as quick as po ible. 576 557 velocita verloschend velocita (ve-lo-che-ta') It. n. Verengung (fer-eng'-oongk) Ger. n. Velocity; swiftne . Usually used Narrowing; diminution: the substiwith con, with. tution of a narrower interval in the Venetian swell imitation of a theme than appeared in A name given to the swell box of mony. the theme, thus compre ing the hart he organ when the movable front is composed of parallel slats and rolls vergellen (fer-gel'-len) up in a manner similar to that of a To diminish gradually.Ger. v. Venetian blind. See also swell box. Veni Creator Spiritus vergette (ver-get'-te) It. n. verghetta (ver-get'-ta) It. n. Come Holy Ghost: the hymn ap- Literally, a twig: the stem or tail of pointed in the Roman Breviary to be a note. used at vespers on the Feast of Pentecost, or Whit Sunday. It is also vergliedern (fer-gle'-dern) Ger. v. To articulate. sung on occasions introducing a solemn invocation to the Holy Ghost vergnugt Content; (fer-gniikht') Ger. adj.happy. satisfied; cheerful; The hymn is also given the title Veni Sancte Spiritus. Vergro erung Ger. n. (fer-gras'-ser-oongk) Veni Sancte Spiritus Increase; amplification; augment a- See Veni Creator Spiritus. tion of a theme.