Dictionary of Music - Birding America

yúteki 357Rückpositif (rYk′ pô zē tēf′′).for POSITIVE ORGAN.The German nameruggiero (roo — jē er′ ô) Italian. A pattern of bassharmonies that was used for many songs and dancesof the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (See theexample below for the exact pattern.) Like the passamezzo,romanesca, and similar bass patterns, theruggiero was used as an OSTINATO, that is, a bassfig. 202 p/u from p. 373repeated over and over. It was particularly popular inItaly. In songs, the singer frequently improvised(invented) a melody in the top part; in instrumentalmusic, especially music for keyboard or lute, the ruggierowas used as the basis for continuous variations.Ruggles (rug′ əlz), Carl, 1876–1971. An Americancomposer and painter who between about 1920and 1947 produced a small number of highly individualisticcompositions that resemble the work of noother composer. They are characterized by a dense,dissonant, contrapuntal texture, the use of similar tonecolors (for example, all brasses or all strings), andsubtly irregular rhythm. Ruggles constantly reworkedhis compositions, so that his total output numbersonly a dozen or so works. Notable among them areMen and Angels (1922), a symphonic suite for fivetrumpets and one bass trumpet revised in 1938 asAngels for four violins and three cellos or four trumpetsand three trombones; the suite Men and Mountains;Portals for string orchestra (1926); The Sun-Treader (1933), and Organum (1945) for orchestra;Polyphonic Compositions (1940) for three pianos;and Evocation (1937–1945), four chants for piano.Rührtrommel (rYr′ trôm əl).for TENOR DRUM.The German namerumba (roo — m′ bä) Spanish. Also spelledrhumba. A lively Cuban dance that became verypopular in the United States in the 1930s. It isnotable for its syncopated rhythm, with accentsfalling on unexpected beats.run A musical passage that consists of a scale, orvirtually a scale, and is performed quite rapidly. (Seealso PASSAGE WORK.)Russian bassoonryútekiSee under GAGAKU.See under SERPENT.