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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt:...and giving the player contr over a combination of stops. Kombinationstbne (kom-bi-na-t? 6ns'-ta'-n£) Ger. n. Combination tones; produced by tl mingling of vibrations of other tone See also resultant tones. Komiker (ko'-ml-ker) Ger. n. A comic actor; a comedian, komisch (ko':mTsh) Ger. adj. Comic; ludicrous; laughable. Komma (kom'-ma) Ger. n. A comma. 1. The grammatical comma (,) frequently used to indicate the of a musical phrase, or in V music, a place to take breath. 2, A minute interval not used Komma practical music, but found in acoustics, denoting the difference between certain adjacent intervals of real use or importance. See also comma. Komodiant (ko-ma-di-ant') Ger. n. An actor; a comedian, especially one of no great importance or ability. Komodie (ko-ma'-de-e) Ger. n. Comedy; farce. komponieren (kom-po-ne'-ren) Ger. v. To compose. Componieren is the preferred spelling. komponiert (kom-po-nert') Ger. part. Composed. Komponist (kom-p6-nlst') Ger. n.. A composer. Komposition (kom-po-ze-tsl-on') Ger. n. A composition. Kompositionlehre (kom-po-ze-tsl-on'la'-re) Ger. n. 1. Art of composition. 2. A text-book on the subject of composing music. Xonservatorium (kon-ser-fa-to'-rloom) Ger. n. A conservatory: a school where music is taught. Kcntra (kon'-tra) Ger. As a preposition, against, opposite to. In musical terms its use is that of a prefix, in which capacity it signifies an octave lower. Compare double. Abbr. K. Kontrabass (kon'-tra-bas) Ger. n. Contrabass, double-bass; the deepest toned instrument of the violin class. See also double-bass. Abbr., K. B. Kontrafagott (kon'-tra-fa-gof) Ger. n. Double bassoon; the deepest toned instrument of the bassoon class. See also double-bassoon. Abbr. K. F. Kontraoktave (kon'-tra-ok-ta'-fe) Ger. n. Contra-octave...