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	Online Music Terms / Dictionary @ Austin Symphony Orchestra
		A term invented byPhilippe De Vitry to describe the musicof his era, the 14th century, as opposed to the music of earlier generations.
		Theperformance of music that is composed on the spur-of-the moment by theperformer, usually as a solo, or cadenza.
		The music was charactarizedby the use of freer forms, and a progression from modestoward major and minor scales, and harmony.
	www.austinsymphony.org /musicterms.html (4642 words)

	Tempo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The plural of tempo in Italian is tempi.
		Whether a music piece has a mathematical time indication or not, in classical music it is customary to describe the tempo of a piece by one or more words.
		Most of these words are Italian, a result of the fact that many of the most important composers of the 17th century were Italian, and this period was when tempo indications were used extensively for the first time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tempo (1520 words)

	Italian musical terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A great many musical terms are in Italian.
		It shouldn't be surprising that so many musical terms are Italian, since many of the most important early composers in the renaissance period were Italian, and that period is when numerous musical indications were used extensively for the first time.
		A drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Italian_musical_terms (347 words)

	Italian musical terms: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Opera seria is an italian musical term which refers to the noble and serious style of italian opera that predominated in europe from the 1720s to ca 1770....
		In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from middle c to the a a thirteenth above middle c (above the treble clef)....
		In music, an alto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/it/italian_musical_terms.htm (2084 words)

	Italian
		Italian, like the other Romance languages, is a descendant of Vulgar Latin spoken by the Romans and imposed by them on the peoples under their rule.
		Italian nouns and adjectives are marked for gender (feminine and masculine), and number (singular and plural).
		Italian vocabulary is mainly derived from Latin with numerous borrowings from Greek, French, German and English.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/january/Italian.html (536 words)

	Glossary of Musical Terms
		Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries.
		A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals.
		In sheet music, a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
	www.classicalworks.com /html/glossary.html (2531 words)

	RTE Lyric fm
		All musical performance is governed by the same limits: tempo or speed, mood, and dynamics or how load or soft to play a note.
		Even though each of the one word Italian terms often have connotations of mood, for example the fast allegro was regularly cheerful, some composers felt the need to add further directions indicating the manner in which they would like their work to be played.
		While we're on the topic of Italian musical terms it would be unfair to forget opera where words like aria, bel canto, and coloratura are commonplace.
	www.rte.ie /lyricfm/themusicbox/1076442.html (936 words)

	Musical terminology - Music Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In piano music this is sometimes a solution in playing a wide-ranged chord whose notes cannot be played otherwise.
		Music generated by the limited hardware of video game computers uses a similar technique to create a chord from one tone generator.
		In music notation a small dot under or over the note indicates that the note is to be sounded staccato.
	www.music.bestdownload.biz /music/index.php?title=Musical_terminology (1610 words)

	Tempo - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In some cases (quite often up to the end of the Baroque period), conventions governing musical composition were so strong that no tempo had to be indicated: e.g.
		Because of their negative connotation, neither rush nor drag (nor their equivalents in other languages) are often used as tempo indications in scores, Mahler being a notable exception: as part of a tempo indication he used schleppend ("dragging") in the first movement of his 1st symphony, for example.
		Generally, composers (or music publishers) will name movements of classical compositions (and in some cases individual compositions) after their tempo (and/or mood) marking, as for instance in Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tempo (1317 words)

	Tempo Summary
		The plural of tempo in Italian is tempi.
		Whether a music piece has a mathematical time indication or not, in classical music it is customary to describe the tempo of a piece by one or more words.
		Most of these words are Italian, a result of the fact that many of the most important composers of the 17th century were Italian, and this period was when tempo indications were used extensively for the first time.
	www.bookrags.com /Tempo (1760 words)

	Musical Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This work is the standard source for definitions of musical terms.
		Ref ML108.T4 Musical terms in seven languages (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, and Spanish) are translated and cross listed.
		Translations of each term appear in all seven languages under the German musical term, while musical terms in the other languages refer to the German term where the complete listing is to be found.
	www.middlebury.edu /academics/lis/lib/guides_and_tutorials/subject_guides/guide-music/encyclopedias_dictionaries/musical_terms (232 words)

	Learning Center \| NYC Opera
		Like most musical terms, however, the words mean far more than what one finds in looking them up in a dictionary.
		Italian musical terms tend to be sort of buzzwords which propose a complex system of the organization of sounds or musical phenomena.
		The term bel canto, then, like most of these musical terms, is meant to convey a manner of singing which makes a very specific impression on the audience; an impression of, above all, ease, elegance, and finish.
	www.nycopera.com /learning/resource/articles/article022.aspx?detect=yes (1366 words)

	Musical terminology
		Below is a list of terms used in musical terminology which are likely to occur on printed or
		In different countries, the terms you see below may be written in the language of that country.
		music for the musician to depress the soft pedal, reducing the volume of the sound.
	www.mp3.fm /Musical_terminology.htm (1260 words)

	Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations: Musical Terms
		Term used for the type of aria, during the Baroque period, that begins with a brief and usually emphatic phrase from the singer (the ‘motto’), preceding the opening orchestral ritornello.
		Westrup, in attempting to give the etymology of this term, is unable to trace “Devise” back to its French origin and confuses it with the English word, “device” and includes a fanciful explanation based on a poet’s use of this word.
		The Italian composers believed that by leaving out the specific notation of these embellishments and giving the performers only a blueprint from which to work, the performers would engage in an act of creative collaboration with the composer.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Terms-7.htm (1094 words)

	ONLINE MUSICAL DICTIONARY OF TERMS
		Musical Dictionary, providing italian, german and french music terms.
		This is generally used in liturgical music and hymns.
		Pianoinstructors.com providing music resources and reference materials for piano, theory and college students
	www.pianoinstructors.com /musicterms/term1.html (692 words)

	Oberlin in Casalmaggiore - Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Singers (with faculty approval) may perform concert works, opera arias and vocal chamber music in public concerts and will be invited to perform in Sunday services in the numerous ancient churches in the area.
		Italian musical terms - ask about precise definitions of Italian terms in the music you are performing.
		Music and Science - with Dr. Joachim Gretz, inventor of the hydrogen motor and amateur violinist.
	www.oberlin.edu /con/summer/casalmaggiore/program.html (534 words)

	Informat.io on Musical Terminology
		Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions.
		Music generated by the limited hardware of video game computers uses a similar technique to create a chord from one tone generator.
		In music notation a small dot under or over the note indicates that it is to be sounded staccato.
	www.informat.io /?title=musical-terminology (3550 words)

	Glossary: Musical Terms
		This is distinct from the classical style in Western music, which rose to prominence from about 1730 to 1820, and in which bright contrasts in melody and harmony were prominent for the first time.
		Debussy’s compositions represent the transition from late-romantic music to 20th-century modernist music.
		Impressionist music – A movement in music occurring from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century.
	www.learner.org /series/cowl/glossary/print_musicalterms.html (1130 words)

	Musical terminology: A glossary of music terms - This is a list of musical terms that are likely to... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores.
		In music for piano, this is sometimes a solution in playing a wide-ranging chord whose notes cannot be played otherwise.
		vocal score or piano-vocal score – a music score of an opera, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra (like oratorio or cantata) where the vocal parts are written out in full but the accompaniment is reduced to two staves and adapted for playing on piano.
	www.infoweb.co.nz /musical-terminology-a-glossary-of-music-terms (3566 words)

	my space
		In music, the word texture is often used in a rather vague way in reference to the overall sound of a piece of music.
		Homophony is music in which the top part has a dominant melody and other parts are subservient to it, moving in the same rhythm.
		Note that none of these terms accurately describes the majority of western music made today, featuring a melody and rhythmically free accompaniment; in homophony the accompaniment is not rhythmically free, and monody is typically used in a historically specific way.
	kirillspace.blogspot.com (2829 words)

	Dictionary of Music Terms
		Music that goes along with a more important part; often harmony or rhythmic patterns accompanying a melody.
		Referring to that period from approximately 1750-1800, characterized musically by objectivity of the composer, emotional restraint, and simple harmonies.
		Relating to the nineteenth-century musical period characterized by subjectivity on the part of the composer, emotionalism in music, longer musical forms, and richer harmonies.
	www.contracosta.cc.ca.us /music/terms.html (446 words)

	Music
		Respond to music with minimal attention given to the elements of music (rhythm, melody, form, harmony, dynamics, timbre, and tempo).
		Recognize and define the musical terms for dynamics (e.g., piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte) that utilize the Italian language.
		Begin to recognize and define the musical terms for dynamics and tempo and other musical symbols (e.g., crescendo, decrescendo, fortissimo, pianissimo) that utilize the Italian language.
	www.berea.k12.ky.us /Proficiency_for_All_Students/pas_music.htm (5171 words)

	Wikinfo \| Piano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument).
		John Cage is famous for modifying the piano in different ways to suit the music he wrote.
		It makes it possible to sustain a note while the player's hands have moved on to play other notes, which can be useful for musical passages with pedal points and other tricky situations.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Piano (4179 words)

	Tempo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In musical terminology tempo (Italian for " time ") is the speed or pace of a given piece.
		Classical musicians also frequently use words describe the tempo of a piece sometimes their own sometimes with an additional metronome Because many of the most important early composers in the renaissance period were Italian that is the language typically used.
		A piece consisting mainly of minims (half notes) can be played very quicker in terms of BPM than a consisting mainly of semi- quavers (sixteenth notes) but still be described the same word.
	www.freeglossary.com /Adagio (750 words)

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		A rudimentary level of music is studied and performed.
		Basic instrumental technique and music-reading skills are taught through the rehearsal of music and the study of rhythms and fundamentals.
		Each student will learn the basic Italian musical terms and their definitions as listed on the terms sheets.
	www.murrieta.k12.ca.us /thompson/kgreen/BBsyl.doc (319 words)

	Italian Opera
		The language of musicis Italian/Latin--many instruments have Italian names and most of the terms that describe music style are Italian.
		And the native tongue of opera is Italian.
		Wrote many masses and unaccompanied choral music pieces and is considered the most important composer of church music in the late 16th century.
	library.thinkquest.org /2838/opera.htm (626 words)

	Musical terms
		Here are a few musical terms that didn't quite make it into the Oxford Dictionary of Music.
		a catchy, sometimes unwelcome musical piece which, when heard first thing in the morning, echoes in the mind throughout the day.
		a musical entrance that is somewhat close to the correct pitch.
	www.napervillechorus.org /musical_terms.html (842 words)

	Houghton Mifflin Electronic Publishing - The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z by Miles ...
		In this wonderfully engaging guide, Miles Hoffman demystifies the terms and concepts of classical music in an accessible and witty style.
		With more than one hundred entries, The NPR Classical Music Companion delves into definitions and etymologies, explores terms with reference to famous composers and works, and calls upon amusing analogies to make sense of music's finer points.
		Ranging from a paragraph to a few pages, the explanations gathered here tackle both the familiar and the not so familiar, from "a cappella" to "motet," from "opus numbers" to "zarzuela." The result is a delightful and comprehensive assemblage.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /epub/nprclassic.shtml (591 words)

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