Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-25
MUSIC.

musical dictionary. Tha; Il has been read
hy al least one more person than The type
setter, and the proof reader is evidenced
by the following letter
To the Musical Critic OF The Omaha Bee
Dear Sir Enclosed fnd. Il you can check
for SO. payable 10 your order upon the de-
livery to me OF your dictionary Of musical
terms, which will fill long-felt want.
Please define 'ohliEato' in your next efusion.
Yours truly. 2. CORNETO."
The word "obliEnto." in reply to Mr
Corneto and others has caused much time to
be spent in the dilirent research Of many
old tones. II seems 10 have come to us
from The old Tuscan. Al Interesting story
is told in connection with the word. An
ltarian count who was very rich and had
become enamored OF beautiful, but low
born maid suddenly lost his fortune, and
coming TO this country (which has the
reputation Of restoring fallen fortunes in
short time) be invested the SO which be re-
Ceived from an uncle on account OF his
diamond necklace purchasing herewith
cart and q bunch OF bananas, and nooly
sacrificing his dignity and swallowing his
pride and with 1t bottle Of scent claret, he
proceeded to peddle his stock Not know
ing the language Of the American people
very well be replied TO an interrogator who
asked what he did. "PedAle obligato,'
which is said to mean Obliged to peddle'
for a living The deduction is easily drawn
Musicians are often obliged to DO what they
DO not want to- therefore they use frequently
the word obligato. Later the word means
obliging. hence complimentary, hence an
obliEato, which means an instrumental i'm
provisatiun or melody. complementary TO
vocal solo, or al instrumental melody or
phrase complementary TO that OF another
instrument or other instruments. Organlsts,
like banana sellers. are obliged to pedal for
rving CNote-The success which after
wards crowned THE efforts of the count en-
couraeed his sons and uncles and cousins
and nephews and their sons and sons sons
TO come to this country for the same pur-
pose which accounts for the popularity OF
the banana as an American fruit)
The second set Of definitions as promised
last week is as follows;
Pupil-Something which every music
teacher has in his eye. Some pupils are
productive Of pay and others Of pain. Most
pupils in the western part OF the United
States are very bright. In six weeks they
become critics. and in six months teachers
Studente-Rare examples Of pupils who are
hungry and thirsty for knowledge, and work
hard TO attain it.
Music Commfttees-An ecclesiastical term
y
other are given the entire control Of The
musical features Of churches. No one can
serve who knows anything about music, as
a rule OF course most Of them think that
they know more about church music than
the organist and the Choirmaster.
Pull-The essential, the one thing need
ful. when applying TO q music committee
for a position. Push without pull is like
wheel that only turns one way. Pull with
out push is an automobile.
Sineer-One who attempts to sing. occa-
sionally one succeeds.
Timbre-This word comes to US from the
French and is hard to translate exactly. 1t
means, approximately, tone color. II has
often been confused with the English word
timber" This is not correct when applied
BY some critics to singing which is reminis-
cent OF saving wood. Many singers, SO
called. are given to barking" instead Of
singing. but the bark in that case does not
mean the bark Of tree, hence 'timbre"
should not be used in describing them. II q
voice is wooden, call il wooden; If metallic,
call II metallic Avoid speaking Of voices
} as silvery. 1t may give offense. All singers
are not populists. Do not describe tones as
liquid" They should be solid. How alb
surd to say Mr.. johnson sang the cele-
brated drinking song, o, How Blessed is
This Wine in liquid tones?"
/ acknowledgements charm. Not to be
used Of artists. Some years ago in New
England one would have been burned for
having charms and now they might be
frozen Charming" is perfectly correct
when applied to gowns, pug dogs and golf
stockings, but leave il TO the society editor
She needs it every minute.
Rare-Ths word is too often used, or mis-
used Miss Smith has a rare voice" Some
one is sure TO think that one means under
done" hence unfinished.
Appreciated-Never use this word i
means nothing. Appreciation, if it is ever
felt. is never expressed-that is hardly ever
1t is only seen at funerals, and then II Is
not worth much, as the person for whom il
was intended is in a position at that time
TO do without it,