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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Bocktriller (Ger.) – Burletta (It.)

Bocktriller (Ger.)

A bad trill. (Literally, goat's bleat).

Bois (Fr.) (bo-a)

Wood. Les bois, the wood wind.

Bouffe (Fr.) (boof)

Comic.

Brabançonne (Fr.) (bra-ban-sonn)

The Belgian national air.

Brio (It.) (bree-o)

Fire; spirit.

Broken Cadence

An interrupted cadence.

Broken Chords

See Arpeggio.

Burletta (It.)

A musical farce.

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