Chapter M

Marie Antoinette (må-rê´ äntwä-net´). Wife of King Louis
XVI of France.

ma-zur´ka. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it,
usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time.

Mediterranean (med-i-tër-râ´ne-an). A sea south of Europe.

Mendelssohn (men´dels-sôn).

Mozart (mô´zärt).

Munich (myû´nik). A city in Bavaria, Germany.

N

Nicholas (nik´ô-lås).

O

oratorio (or-å-tô´ri-ô). A Bible story set to music.

Ortrud (or´tryûd).

overture (ô´vër-tyûr). A musical composition usually coming
first in an oratorio or an opera.

P

Parisians (på-rizh´ans). People of Paris, a city of France.

Parsifal (par´si-fål).

Phoebus (fê´bus). God of the sun.

pianoforte (pi-ån´ô-fôr-tâ). A piano.

Q

quartet (kwör-tet´). A piece of music for four voices or for
four instruments.

R

rehearsal (rê-hërs´al). A private recital of a play or opera
before a public performance.

Rhine (rîn). A river in Germany.

rondo (ron´dô). A lively musical composition.

S

Salzburg (zålts´bu rg). A city of Austria.

Sax´on. A native of Saxony.

Sax´on-y. A kingdom of Germany.

Schubert (shû´bërt).

Schumann (shû´män).

Sebastian (sê-bas´chan).

Sistine (sis´tin).

Sohn (sôn). German word meaning "son."

sonata (so-nä´tå). A composition in three or four parts for a
piano, organ, or other musical instrument.

staves. Groups of five lines and four spaces on which notes are
written.

Stephen (stê´ven).

symphony (sim´fo-ni). A musical composition written in three
or four parts for the orchestra.

T

Tannhäuser (tän´hoi-zër).

Thames (temz). A river of England.