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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Thunder, Henry – Tosti, F. P. (tos-tee)

Thunder, Henry

Organist, composer; Ireland. B. 1832; d. 1881.

Thursby, Emma

Soprano; U. S. A. B.

Tibia (Lat.)

The "shinbone." Latin name for the flute, which was originally made from the bone, the name of which it bears.

Tirasse (Fr.) (tee-rass)

A pedal keyboard that "draws down" the manual keys.

Toccato (It.)

A bass trumpet part. Todtenmarsch (Ger.) (tote' - ten marsh). Funeral march. Ton (Ger.), Ton (Fr.). Tone; sound; pitch; key; scale.

Tomaschek, W

Composer, pianist; Bohemia. B. 1774; d. 1850.

Tonal Fugue

A fugue in which the answer is slightly changed to avoid modulation.

Tone

(1) Sound. (2) Quality of sound. (3) Interval of major second. (4) A Gregorian chant.

Tonic Chord

The common chord of which the tonic is the root.

Tonic Section

That part of the sonata or rondo that is the principal key; the first theme.

Tonstufe

Tone step; a degree in the scale. Tostamente (It.) (tos-tah - men' - teh). Quickly. Tostissimo (It.) (tos-tis'-see-mo), Tostissamamente (tos-tis-sah-mah-men'-teh). Fast as possible.

Tosti, F. P. (tos-tee)

Composer; Italy. B. TOUCHER

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