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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Rousseau, J. J. (roos-so)

Composer, writer; Geneva. B. 1712; d. 1778.

S. Abbreviation of Segno (sign); Senza (without); Sinistra (left); Solo; Subito (quickly).

A sign used to point out the place from which a repeat is to be made. Alf, to the sign; Dal, from the sign.

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