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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Sans (Fr.)

Without.

Saraband, Sarabanda (It.), Zarabanda (Sp.), Sarabande (Fr.). A slow, stately dance in time, used as the "slow movement" in the suite. The Saraband is founded on the following rhythm :- One of the finest examples is the song in "Rinaldo," by Händel, "Lascia ch' io pianga," which is said to have been written first as a Saraband, and afterward adapted to the words.

Sarrusophone.

A brass wind instrument with a double reed like hautboy.

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