A Dictionary Of Foreign Musical Terms And Handbook Of Orchestral Instruments

Author : Tom S. Wotton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260658715
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms and Handbook of Orchestral Instruments Orchestral (Classic Reprint) written by Tom S. Wotton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms and Handbook of Orchestral Instruments Orchestral 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 indica tions 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. That every term employed in modern music is included, can scarcely be expected: many composers, fearful lest their ideas should be misunderstood, mark some fresh indication every few bars, and so, even if the number of musicalworks were less than it is, the number of musical expressions would still be enormous. Owing to various reasons, the chief of which being perhaps the translation of foreign musical works into English by persons ignorant of musical technicalities, certain errors of nomenclature have crept into even our standard English treatises, and there fore occasional divergences may be discovered between the explanations given in the following pages and those found in one or other of these standard works. It is almost needless to state, that these variations from consecrated meanings have been given only after due consideration, and a careful collation of the various authorities, with an ultimate appeal to the scores themselves. 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.