A dictionary of musical terms, containing upwards of 9000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases, preceded by rules for the pronunciation of Italian, German and French; . (It.) Caressful- Accarezzevolmente ) ly, caressingly,coaxingly. Accelerando (It.) Accelerating,gradually growing .Accelejato,accelerated, livelier. Accent. (Ger. Accent, Betonnng ; ; It. accento.) i. The naturalstress or emphasis regularly recurringon certain tones in each measure, calledthe grammatical, metrical, or regularaccent ; that on the first beat inevery species of
A dictionary of musical terms, containing upwards of 9000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases, preceded by rules for the pronunciation of Italian, German and French; . (It.) Caressful- Accarezzevolmente ) ly, caressingly,coaxingly. Accelerando (It.) Accelerating,gradually growing .Accelejato,accelerated, livelier. Accent. (Ger. Accent, Betonnng ; ; It. accento.) i. The naturalstress or emphasis regularly recurringon certain tones in each measure, calledthe grammatical, metrical, or regularaccent ; that on the first beat inevery species of time -r=^ {primary accent), and on the third beatin triple or compound duple time rir-ft Wl-ezmz B^f^ i-:. it=t=ï:: t: (szib-accejzt).—2. The monotony of theregular accent is varied by the rhyth-mical accent, which brings out moreprominently the broader musical divi-sions of a composition by special em-phasis at the entrance or culminatingpoints of motives, themes, phrases,passages, sections, etc.; the rhythmicala. is nearly sy;ionymous with thepathetic ox poetic a., as an aid in inter-preting the meaning and making plainthe construction of a work.—3. An ir- ACCENTOR—ACCORD,. regular stress laid upon any tone orbeat at the composers pleasure, is therhetoncal or œsthetic a., indicated eitherby a special sign {sfz,/z, >, ?), orby an interruption of the naturalrhythmical flow (syncopation), wherebythe naUiral a. is thrown back to anotherwise less accented or non-accentedbeat.—4. See Accentus.—<~,. An obso-lete harpsichord-grace resembling theappoggiatura ; or or written : j^. .p= played : Accentor. The leading singer in a choiror vocal performance. Accentuieren (Ger.) To accent. .^i-centuier^ter Durchgang, a passing-noteor -chord on a strong beat. Accentus (Lat.) In the R. C. Church,that part of the service which is chantedor intoned at the altar by the officiatingpriest and his assistants ; opp. to Con-centiis, the part taken by the choir, Accentus ecc
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