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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Opera Comique (Fr.)

Comedy (not comic) opera.

Opera drammatica (It.). Romantic opera.

In modern German usage the term " Musikdrama" has been adopted to distinguish the modern from the old form of opera.

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