bebungn.
/ˈbeɪbʊŋ/ Music.
A pulsating or trembling effect given to a sustained note, a tremolo; spec. such an effect produced on the clavichord.
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tremulousness1727
quiverante1775
tremolo1786
tremolant1854
vibrato1876
bebung1879
tremulant1884
1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 160/1 Bebung, a certain pulsation or trembling effect given to a sustained note in either vocal or instrumental music, for the sake of expression.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 67/1 The clavichord was obedient to a peculiarity of touch possible on no other keyboard instrument... It is the ‘Bebung’..gained by a repeated movement of the fleshy end of the finger while the key was still held down.
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