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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Grace Notes

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From volume 1 of the work.

1504603A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Grace NotesGeorge GroveGeorge Grove


GRACE NOTES, or GRACES, the English name for the ornaments in vocal and instrumental music—appoggiaturas, acciaccaturas, mordents, turns, shakes, and many more—which are treated of in this work under the general head of Agrémens, as well as under their own separate names.

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