Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period...
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list of known or supposed Italian loanwords in English. A separate list of terms used in music can be found at List of Italian musical terms used in English:...
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origin List of Italian musical terms used in English List of English words of Japanese origin List of English words of Korean origin List of Latin words...
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of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins...
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Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols...
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Languages of the Vatican City Talian List of English words of Italian origin List of Italian musical terms used in English Recognized as a minority language...
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English rarely uses diacritics, which are symbols indicating the modification of a letter's sound when spoken. Most of the affected words are in terms...
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Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have...
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an Italian. Continentale (Italy) a neutral term used by people from Sardinia and Sicily to indicate someone's origin from the Italian peninsula; in Sardinia...
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Western) terms. These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms). Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western...
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This is a list of musical genres within the context of classical music, organized according to the corresponding periods in which they arose or became...
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The English language has incorporated various loanwords, terms, phrases, or quotations from the German language. A loanword is a word borrowed from a donor...
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This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be...
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LGBT slang (redirect from List of LGBT slang terms)
queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. It has been used in various languages since the early...
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Nautical metaphors in English, and additional military terms are listed in the Multiservice tactical brevity code article. Terms used in other fields associated...
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English terms derived from Cajun French. Wiktionary has a category on English terms derived from Louisiana Creole French. French phrases used by English speakers...
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Tempo (redirect from Musical tempo)
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or...
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It is located on a peninsula that extends into the middle of the...
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Con (section Other uses)
of law Con, a musical term meaning "with" borrowed from Italian (see Italian musical terms used in English) Certificate of Need, or CON Commander of the...
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work. The terms "copy" and "publish" are quite broad. They include copying in electronic form, the making of translated versions, the creation of a television...
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Music genre (redirect from Musical style)
musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Music can be divided into genres in numerous ways, sometimes broadly and...
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Musical notation is any system used to visually represent auditorily perceived music, played with instruments or sung by the human voice through the use...
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Tonewood (category Articles lacking in-text citations from November 2016)
Cyclopedic Dictionary of Lutherie Terms, tonewood is: Wood that is used to make stringed musical instruments. The term is often used to indicate wood species...
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John Florio (redirect from A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and exact Dictionarie in Italian and English)
translator of Boccaccio into English and he wrote the first comprehensive Italian–English dictionary (surpassing the only previous modest Italian–English dictionary...
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glossary of literary terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the discussion, classification, analysis, and criticism of all types of literature...
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Italian Americans (Italian: italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. According to the Italian American Studies Association...
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Burlesque (redirect from List of Burlesque festivals)
can be used to describe particular movements of instrumental musical compositions, often involving dance rhythms. Examples are the Burlesca, in Partita...
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part of Italian identity, spanning experimental art music and international fusions to symphonic music and opera. Opera is integral to Italian musical culture...
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Tuscany (redirect from Tourism in Tuscany)
Tuscany (/ˈtʌskəni/ TUSK-ə-nee, Italian: Toscana, Italian: [toˈskaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8...
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English and French sources indicate a dot over a note should be used. Giuseppe Tartini discussed it as one of the four Graces. There are many terms which...
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