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Pronouncing musical dictionary of technical words, phrases and abbreviations : including definitions of musical terms used by the ancient Hebrews…, 1875
76 lines. Read by computer on 9 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1ALLE
3Allégro con spirito, It. (äl-lä-grö kän spē-rē-tō.) Quick, with much spirit.
4Allégro di bravura, It. (äl-lä-grö dē brä-voo-rā.) Quick, with brilliant and spirited execution.
5Allégro di molto, It. (äl-lä-grö dē mōl-tō.) Exceedingly quick and animated.
6Allégro furioso, It. (äl-lä-grö foo-rē-ō-zō.) Quick, with fury and impetuosity.
7Allégro gaio, It. (äl-lä-grö gä-ē-ō.) In a gay and spirited style.
8Allégro giusto, It. (äl-lä-grö joos-tō.) Quick, with exactness; in steady and precise time.
9Allégro ma grazioso, It. (äl-lä-grö mä grä-tse-ō-zō.) Quick, but gracefully.
10Allégro ma non prêsto, It. (äl-lä-grö mä nän prās-tō.) Quick, but not so fast as Prêsto. one of two readings
11Allégro ma non prêsto, It. (äl-lä-grö mä nän präs-tō.) Quick, but not so fast as Prêsto. one of two readings
12Allégro ma non tânto, It. (äl-lä-grö mä nän tän-tō.)
13Allégro ma non troppo, It. (äl-lä-grö mä nän trop-pō.) Quick and lively, but not too fast.
14Allégro moderâto, It. (äl-lä-grö mōd-ē-rā-tō.) Moderately quick.
15Allégro molto, It. (äl-lä-grö mōl-tō.) Very quick and animated.
16Allégro non molto, It. (äl-lä-grö nän-mōl-tō.) Not very fast.
17Allégro non tânto, It. (äl-lä-grö nän tän-tō.)
18Allégro non troppo, It. (äl-lä-grö nän trop-pō.) Not too fast.
19Allégro risolûto, It. (äl-lä-grö rē-zō-loo-tō.) Quick, with vigor and decision.
20Allégro veloce, It. (äl-lä-grö vē-lō-tshē.) Quick, with extreme velocity.
21Allégro vivâce, It. (äl-lä-grö vē-vā-tshē.) With vivacity, very rapidly.
22Allégro vívo, It. (äl-lä-grö vē-vō.) With great life and rapidity.
23Allegrusio, It. (äl-lē-groo-zē-o.) Good humored, sprightly.
24Allein, Ger. (äl-līn.) Alone, single.
25Alleinsang, Ger. (äl-līn-säng.) A solo.
26Alleinsänger, Ger. (äl-līn-säng-ēr.) A solo singer.
27Alleinspieler, Ger. (äl-līn-spē-lēr.) One who plays a solo.
28Alleluia, Fr. (äl-lē-loo-yā.) Praise the Lord; Hallelujah.
29Allelujah, Heb. (äl-lē-loo-yā.) An ascription of praise; Hallelujah.
30Allemande, Fr. (äl-mänhd.) A German air: also, a slow dance or melody of four crotchets in each measure, peculiar to Germany and Switzerland.
31Allentâmento, It. (äl-lēn-tä-män-tō.) Relaxation, giving way, slackening of the time.
32Allentâto, It. (äl-lēn-tä-tō.) Decreasing the time until the close.
33Allerâmento, It. (äl-lēr-ä-män-tō.) A breathing time; a respite.
34All' Espagnuola, It. (äl-lēs-pän-yoo-ō-lū.) In the Spanish style.
35Allied tones. Accessory tones.
36Alliévo, It. (äl-lē-ō-vō.) A scholar, a pupil.
37All' improvâso, It. (äl-lēm-prō-vē-zō.) Without previous study; extemporaneously.
39ALSE
41All' Inglése, It. (äl-l'-ēn-glā-zē.) In the English style.
42All' Italiâna, It. (äl-l'-ē-tā-lē-ā-nā.) In the Italian style.
43Allmâlích, Ger. (äl-mā-likh.) Little by little.
44Al' lóco, It. (äl lō-kō.) To the previous place; a term of reference.
45All' Ongarése, It. (äl ön-gä-rā-zē.) In the Hungarian style.
46Allonger, Fr. (äl-lōnh-zhā.) To lengthen, prolong, delay.
47Allonger l'archet, Fr. (äl-lōnh-zhā l' ār-shā.) To lengthen or prolong the stroke of the bow in violin music.
48All' ottâva, It. (äl öt-tā-vā.) In the octave; meaning that one part must play an octave above or below another. It is frequently met with in scores and orchestra parts.
49All' ottâva alta, It. (äl öt-tā-vā āl-tā.) In the octave above.
50All' ottâva bassa, It. (äl öt-tā-vā bās-sā.) In the octave below.
51Alla roversíco, It. (äl-lä rō-vēr-sē-kō.) By a contrary movement.
52All' unísono. It. (äl oo-nē-so-nō.) In unison; a succession of unisons or octaves.
53All' Sva. An abbreviation of All' ottâva.
54Alma, Ara. (äl-mā.) The name given in the East to singing and dancing girls, who are hired to furnish amusement at public entertainments, and to sing dirges at funerals, etc.
55Almain. { The name of an old slow dance of
56Alman. { a dignified character.
57Almand. { Almand. one of two readings
58Almand. { a dignified character. one of two readings
59Almanes, pl. See Alman.
60Alma Redemptoris, Lat. (äl-mā rē-dēm-tō-rīs.) A hymn to the Virgin.
61Almees, Ara. (äl-mās.) Arabian dancing girls.
62Almehs, Tur. (äl-mās.) Turkish singing and dancing girls.
63Alpenhorn, Ger. (äl-p'n-hōrn. The Alpine, or cowhorn.
64Al piâcêre, It. (äl pē-ä-tshā-rē.) At pleasure. See A piacêre.
65Al più, It. (äl pē-oo.) The most.
66Alphabet. The seven letters used in music, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. When more are required, either ascending or descending, the letters are repeated in the same order.
67Alpine Horn. An instrument made of the bark of a tree, and used by the Alpine shepherds for conveying sounds a long distance.
68Al rigôre di tempo, It. (äl rē-gō-rē dē tēm-pō.) In very rigorous and strict time.
69Al rigôre del tempo, It. (äl rē-gō-rē dēl tēm-pō.) In very rigorous and strict time.
70Al rivêrso, It. (äl rē-vār-sō.) Reverse, backward motion.
71A la Russe, Fr. (ä lā rüss.) In the Russian style. one of two readings
72A la Russe, Fr. (äl lā rūss.) In the Russian style. one of two readings
73Al Seg. An abbreviation of Al Segno.
74Al Segno, It. (äl sän-yō.) To the sign; meaning that the performer must return to the sign in a previous part of the piece and play from that place to the word Fine, or the mark over a double bar, one of two readings
75Al Segno, It. (äl sān-yō.) To the sign; meaning that the performer must return to the sign in a previous part of the piece and play from that place to the word Fine, or the mark over a double bar, one of two readings
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