A Dictionary Of Foreign Musical Terms And Handbook Of Orchestral Instruments PDF Download

Excerpt from A Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms and Handbook of Orchestral Instruments Orchestral In these days of inexpensive full-scores, when almost everyone, with any pretence to be considered musical, possesses copies of their favourite works in the original orchestral form, some such dictionary as the present seems necessary. The previous dictionaries of musical terms were published before the cult of the "miniature" score began, and before the employment of musical directions in the composer's own language became so universal, and thus, many orchestral terms were omitted, as not being of sufficient general interest, and the explanation of many German indications (now in everyday use) was considered unnecessary. Even in Italian (the musician's language until recent years), alterations have taken place, which existing dictionaries have not noted, and hence while Clarino, for example, is explained as being a name for a trumpet, nothing is said as to the word being now employed in modern Italian scores as equivalent to Clarinetto, and terms such as Clarone are not mentioned at all. The original idea of the present work was to include simply orchestral terms and instruments, but as it was obvious that for the proper understanding of a full-score, translations of indications of tempo and expression were necessary, these were added: thus the book, it is to be hoped, will prove as serviceable to the pianist and vocalist as to the reader of full-scores, or the player on some orchestral instrument. Obsolete terms are not given as a rule, although in many cases they have been introduced, either the better to explain their modern meaning, or because, although obsolete in general use, they are to be found in scores, which are still living. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.