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KK. 1 Also, K.V. An abbreviation for Köchel-Verzeichnis(“Köchel Catalog”), a catalog of all Mozart’scompositions that assigns a number to each one, compiledin 1862 by Ludwig von Köchel, an Austrianmusicologist. Since Mozart wrote more than six hundredworks in his short lifetime and did not assignopus numbers to them, Köchel’s attempt to list themin the order in which they were composed is mosthelpful for understanding the ways in which Mozart’smusic developed. Furthermore, his catalog serves toidentify the numerous sonatas in A, quartets in B-flat,horn concertos in E-flat, etc. The Köchel catalog hasbeen revised several times as scholars have uncoverednew information about the dates of Mozart’s compositions,identified additional ones, and eliminatedworks discovered to have been written by other composers.2 Abbreviation for Kirkpatrick, that is, the catalogof Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard works that wascompiled by harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick.kanonSee QĀNŪN.Kansas City jazzSee under JAZZ.kantele (kän′te le) Finnish. The national folkinstrument of Finland, used to accompany folksongs, especially the narrative songs that make upthe long epic called Kalevala. The kantele is a wingshapedPSALTERY, with two long sides that comeclose together at the bottom and a diagonal upperside. Originally it had five strings of horsehair,which were plucked with the fingers. Today it mayhave as many as twenty-five strings, which are usuallymade of metal and are plucked with a plectrum.The player holds the instrument flat on the lap andstrums the strings with the right hand, while the lefthand holds down the strings that are not to sound.Kantor (kän′tor).def. 2.kanûnSee QĀNŪN.The German term for CANTOR,Kapellmeister (kä pel′mī′′stər) German. In theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the musicaldirector of a court or private orchestra or choir.Kappelle (kä pel′le) German: “chapel.” A termused in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries fora small private orchestra maintained by a noblemanor by royalty.Kastagnetten (käs′′tä nyet′ən).word for CASTANETS.The Germankazoo (kə zoo — ′). A simple wind instrument thatconsists of a tube with a slitlike side hole coveredwith a thin material, such as parchment or hide. Theplayer hums or sings into the hole, cut in the side ofthe pipe, causing the covering to vibrate and produce205