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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Imitando (It.) – Inquieto (It.) (in-quee-eh-to)

Imitando (It.)

Imitating; as, Imitando la voce, imitating the voice; a direction to the instrumentalist to imitate the vocalist.

Imperioso (It.)

Imperiously; with dignity. Impeto (It.) (im'-peh-to), con. With impetuosity. Impetuoso (It.), Impetuosamente (It.). Impetuously.

Implied Intervals

Those not expressed in the figuring.

Impromptu

(1) An extemporaneous performance. (2) A piece of music having the character of an extemporaneous performance.

Improvise

To play unpremeditated music. Improviser (Fr.) (im-pro-vee-seh), Improvvisare (It.). To extemporize.

Incalzando (It.) (in-cal-tsan-do)

To chase; pursue hotly, with constantly increasing vehemence.

Incledon, Ch

B. 1763; d. 1826. Tenor; England. B.

Inner Parts

The parts that are neither at the top nor the bottom, as the alto and tenor in a chorus.

Innig (Ger.)

Heartfelt; fervent. Innigkeit (Ger.), mit. With fervor; intense feeling.

Inniglich (Ger.)

See Innig.

Inno (It.)

Hymn. Innocente (It.) (in-no-chen'-teh), Innocentemente. Innocent; natural. Innocenza (inno-chent'-sah), con. With artlessness.

Inquieto (It.) (in-quee-eh-to)

Unquiet; rest less. Insensibile (It.) (in-sen-si-bee-leh), Insensibilmente (It.). By imperceptible degrees; gradually. Insistendo (It.), Instante (It.), Inständig (Ger.). Urgent; pressing.

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