the 1770s, partially as a consequence of the controversy between the Ramistes and Gluckistes (the supporters of Rameau and Gluck respectively), the Académie Royale de Musique was in a state of crisis, which led to the appointment of a new director, Anne Pierre Jacques Devismes du Valgay....
près du chevalet (French) on a stringed instrument, an instruction to play close to the bridge près du bord (French) near the edge, near the rim (of a drum) Presence person's appearance or bearing particularly when that is imposing Presencia (Spanish f.) presence ...
au pied du mur (French) to corner ... mettre aux enchères (French) to sell by auction mettre bas (French) to give birth, to give birth to mettre beaucoup de soin à faire (French) to take great care in doing something mettre dans le bain (French) to drop in it, to put in the...
faire école (French) to 'found' a school (in art, music, etc., a group of disciples) faire encore des siennes (French) to be up to one's old tricks again faire ... en dépit du bon sens (French) to do ... anyway faire enrager (French) to annoy faire enregistrer (French) ...
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Ne tourne pas autour du pot! (French) Don't beat around the bush! Netsuké (Japanese) a small piece of carved wood or ivory worn by the Japanese on a cord suspended from the belt nett (German) neat, clear, plain, neatly, clearly, plainly nettamente (Italian) neatly, clearly, plainly...
Passage du pouce (French m.) passing the thumb under (the fingers) Passager clandestin (French m.) stowaway Passage-work passagio Passaggio (s.), Passaggi (pl.) (Italian m.) a written or improvised melodic passage, employing pseudo-improvisatory diminutions or divisions, i.e ornamentation, ...
By the late 1700s batuque had spread to Brazil's poor white population and began to appear in a cleaned-up version in the salons of major cities, under the name lundu. Lundu became so popular that it is widely described as Brazil's first "national" dance. During the 19th century lun...
manger du bout des dents (French) to nibble mangereccio (Italian) edible Mangeria (Italian f.) illicit profit Mange tout sugar or snow pea Mangiare (Italian m.) eating, food, meal mangiare (Italian) to eat, to eat up, to eat away (corrode), to take mangiare con gusto (Italian) to...
Landsmal (Norwegian) a variety of written Norwegian based on forms drawn from various spoken dialects, used by certain writers in preference to the official riksmål which differs little from Danish Landu see lundu lang (German) long