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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Fandango (Sp.)

A rapid dance in triple time.

FANFARE FINALE Fanfare (Fr.), Fanfara (It.). A brilliant | Festo'so (It.). Gay; joyful. trumpet call or flourish; a brass band.

Fantasia (It.), Fantasie (Ger.), Fantaisie (Fr.). A composition that is not in any of the regular forms; often used of pianoforte arrangements of themes from operas.

Fantasia, Free. The name sometimes given to that part of a sonata that comes after the double bar; the Durchführung or development.

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