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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Barbiton (Gk.)

(1) A variety of lyre. (2) A string instrument resembling the violoncello (obsolete).

Barcarole, Barcarolle (Fr.) (bar-ca-rol), Barcarola (It.) (bar-ca-ro-lah), Barcarumany. B. 1710; d. 1784. Sons of J. S. Bach.

Baillot, Pierre Marie François de Sales (baiyo). Violinist; France. B. 1771; d. 1842. Balatka, Hans. Pianist and conductor; Germany. B. 1827. Balfe, Michael William. Opera and song writer. B. 1808; d. 1870.

BAREM ola (It.) (bar-ca-roo-o-la). A boat-song; gondolier's song; vocal or instrumental compositions in the style of the Venetian gondoliers' songs.

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