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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Calamus (Lat.)

A reed. From this are derived the words Chalumeau (Fr.) (shaloo-mo), the first register of the clarionet, and Shawm, an obsolete reed instrument used in the Bible as the translation of a Hebrew instrument.

Calan'do (It.) [from calare, to go down or decrease]. Getting both slower and softer.

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