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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Minuetto (It.)

Minuet; a slow, stately dance in time, retained as one of the members of the sonata, quartet, symphony, etc., until Beethoven changed it into the scherzo.

Mescolanza (It.) (mes-co-lant'-sa). medley.

A Messa di voce (It.) (messa-dee-vo-cheh).

Swelling and diminishing on a sustained sound; literally, "massing of the voice."

Mestizia (It.) (mes-tit'-sia), con. With sadness.

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