| 单词 | positive organ |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspositive organ positive organ n. Music (a) a relatively large though movable pipe organ placed on a stand or upon the floor when played (now chiefly historical); cf. portative organ n. at portative adj. and n. Compounds; (b) a secondary division in some large church organs, played on a separate manual and containing stops suitable for accompanying a choir or for producing distinctive tonal effects; a choir or chair organ. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > small organ regalc1475 portativea1525 chamber organ1673 positive1728 positive organ1728 house organ1758 apollonicon1834 organette1849 organetto1876 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Organ Church Organs consist of two Parts, viz. the main Body of the Organ, called the great Organ; and the Positive, or little Organ, which is a small Buffet usually placed before the great Organ. 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 156 The positive organ in our churches and halls, and the portative barrel-organ. 1887 Times 17 Dec. 15/5 Plate 13 shows a Portable and Plate 11 a Positive organ, the former a processional instrument, with narrow keys, which the player touched with one hand, while the other manipulated the bellows; the latter, a chapel or chamber organ, intended to be stationary, but also with narrower keys than the large church organ, admitting of the grasp of an octave. 1900 Oxf. Times 26 May 7/6 Wytham. All Saints' Church. Opening of new ‘positive’ organ. 1960 D. J. Grout Hist. Western Mus. (1962) iv. 129 In addition to the portative organ or organetto, there were positive organs. 1999 in M. Boyd J. S. Bach 306 To save costs, Bach dispensed with the positive organ in the church (the instrument used to accompany music, such as traditional motets). < as lemmas |
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