Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms

How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.

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Alt-Oboe – Animoso (It.)

Alt-Oboe

Oboe de caccia, q. v.

Altissimo (It.)

The highest.

Amabile (It.) (ah-mah'-bee-leh)

Amiably, sweetly, tenderly.

Amarevole (It.) (ah-mah-reh'-vo-leh)

Sad, bitter.

Amoroso (It.)

Lovingly; tenderly; amorously.

Amusement (Fr.) (a-mooz-mong)

A light composition; a divertimento.

Ancora (It.)

Again. Fr., encore.

Andantemente (It.)

Like an Andante.

Anfang (Ger.)

Beginning.

Rudiments.

Anfangsgründe (Ger.).

Anfangs-Ritornel (Ger.)

Introductory symphony.

Angelica (Lat.)

The vox angelica.

Animoso (It.)

Spiritedly; energetically.

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