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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(1) A movement of a symphony or sonata. (2) A solo, chorus, or other separate part of an opera or oratorio, etc. (3) A given piece on a concert programme. (4) The "opus" or place in the list of an author's works as to order of composition.

Nunsfiddle [Ger., Nonnen-Geige]. Called also Tromba Marina. An instrument with a distant resemblance to a double bass, fur-

← Novello, VincentNohl, Carl F. L – Nägeli, J. G. (nay'-ge-lee) →