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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Teil (Ger.)

A part (portion, not "voice").

Theme, Thème (Fr.) (tehm), Thema (Ger.) (teh-ma). The subject of a fugue; one of the subjects of a sonata or rondo. The subject of a set of variations. The "cantus" to which counterpoint is added. Theorbo, Théorbe (Fr.). A large variety of lute.

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