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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Mouth-piece

In brass instruments the cupshaped part applied to the lips; in oboe, clarionet, etc., the part held between the lips. [Fr., embouchure; It., imboccatura; Ger., Mundstück.] Movement, Mouvement (Fr.) (move-mong). (1) Tempo. (2) One of the members of a Moszkowski, M. (mosh-kow-skee). Composer, pianist; Poland. B. 1854. Mozart, Leopold (mo'-tsart). Violinist; Austria. B. 1719; d. 1787.

Mozart, Wolfgang A. (son of L.). Composer, pianist; Austria. B. 1756; d. 1791. MUTIG sonata, symphony, etc. (3) The motion of a part or parts.

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