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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Oboist, Oboista (It.) – Ossia (It.) (os'-see-a)

Oboist, Oboista (It.)

). An oboe player.

Octuplet

A group of eight notes played in the time of six of the same value.

Oesten, Theodor

Composer, pianist; Germany. B. 1813; d. 1870.

Ongarese (It.) (on-gah-reh'-seh)

garian.

Onslow, G

Composer; France. B. 1784; d. 1852...

Open Score

One in which each voice or instrument has a separate staff assigned to it.

Or

Œuvre (Fr.) (ōōvr). Work; opus.

Orchestrate

orchestra.

To write music for the Osgood, Emma A. Soprano; U. S. A.

B.

Organetto (It.)

Small organ; bird-organ. Organum (Lat.), Organon (Gr.). An early attempt at part-writing in which the parts moved in fourths or fifths with each other.

Orguinette

A small mechanical reed-organ.

Orpharion

A lute with wire strings. Osservanza (It.) (os-ser-van'-tsa), con. With care; with exactness.

Ossia (It.) (os'-see-a)

Or else; otherwise; as ossia piu facile, or else more easily.

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