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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Ascher, Joseph – Ausarbeitung (Ger.) (ows'-ar-bye-toonk)

Ascher, Joseph

Pianist. B. 1831; d. 1869.

Assai (It.) (as-sah'-ee)

Very, extremely, as Allegro assai, very fast. Adagio assai, very slow.

Astorga, Emmanuele Baron D

Composer; Sicily. B. 1681; d. 1736.

Attack

The manner of beginning a phrase or piece; refers generally to the promptness or firmness of the performer or performers.

Attwood, Thomas

Composer; England.

B. 1765; d. 1838.

Auber, Daniel François Esprit (o-behr, D. fran- AUXILIARY SCALES

Aubade (Fr.) (o-bad')

Morning music; the opposite of Serenade, evening music.

Aufhalten (Ger.) (hol-ten)

To suspend (of dissonances). Also, to hold back or retard (of time).

Auftakt (Ger.)

The unaccented part of the measure, or the fraction of a measure, at the beginning of a piece.

Augmentation

When the theme of a fugue or imitation is given in notes of double or quadruple the length of those in its original form.

Augmented

(1) Any interval greater than perfect or major. (2) A theme written in notes of greater value than in its original form.

Augmenter (Fr.) (og-mong-teh)

To increase in force. Same as Crescendo.

Ausarbeitung (Ger.) (ows'-ar-bye-toonk)

Development; the working out of a fugue or sonata, etc.

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