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A cappella
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in the church style, these days voices(s) only
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Accento, con
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accented; emphasised
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acciaccatura
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a grace note
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accompagnato
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Accompanied by the orchestra
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ad libitum
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at choice; freely
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affetuoso
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with feeling and emotion
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agitato
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agitated
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al fine
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to the end
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alla breve
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"cut-time"; two beats per measure, a half note gets a beat
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al segno
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from the sign to the word Fine; D.S.
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amabile
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amiably
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animando
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to animate
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animato
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animated; lively
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a piacere
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at pleasure
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appassionato
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passionately
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appoggiatura
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leaning
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arco
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arch
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arpeggio
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notes of a chord played consecutively, i.e. one at a time
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a tempo
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in the original tempo
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attacca
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attach
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anima, con
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with animation and boldness
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banda
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band
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bel canto
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beautiful voice
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bene
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well
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brillante
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brilliant; with fervor
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cantabile
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in a singing style
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capo
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beginning
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capriccioso
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in a whimsical or fanciful style
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castrato
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castrated; talking about the men who were castrated so that they could keep singing beautifully
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chiarezza, con
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clearness
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chiuso
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closed
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come prima
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as at first
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comodo
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easily
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con
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with
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deciso
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decidedly
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declamato
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declamation
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del, etc.
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for
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delicatezza, con
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with delicacy
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di molto
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Very much
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divisi
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divided; each part to be played by a separate instrument
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dolce
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sweetly
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dolente
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sadly
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doloroso
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sadly
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doppio
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twice "twice as fast"
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eleganza, con
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with elegance
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espressivo
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expressively
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fermata
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a pause or hold
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fine
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end
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foco, fuoco
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fire
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freddo
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cool
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gioia
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delighted
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giusto
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exact, in time
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glissando
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gliding together
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grandioso
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in a grand manner
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grosso
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big
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gruppetto
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turn
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innocente
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innocently
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inquieto
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restless
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intimo
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intimate
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istesso
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the same
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Ite, Missa est
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"go, it is sent"; concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite
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lagrimoso
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sad music
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lamento
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to lament; complain
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languido
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languid
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largamente
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broadly
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leggiero
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lightly
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legno, col
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with the wood
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liberamente
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freely
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libretto
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little book
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limpido
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clear
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l'istesso tempo
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at the tempo of the previous passage or movement
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lontano
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distant
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lunga
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long
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maestoso
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majestic, dignified
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maestro
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Master, teacher
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mano
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hand
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marcato
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in a marked, emphatic style
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messa
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put
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mesto
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sadly
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mezzo
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medium, half
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misterioso
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mysteriously
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molto
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very
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mosso
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movement
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moto
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motion
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nei
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in the
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obbligato
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a counter-melody, in counterpoint to the main theme and continues throughout.
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ottava
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to be played an octave higher or lower
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parlando
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in a speaking manner
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pausa
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pause
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pensieroso
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thoughtful
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perdendosi
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getting lost
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pesante
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heavily
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piacevole
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pleasantly
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piangendo
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crying
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piu
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more
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pizzicato
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plucked
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placido
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calm; peaceful
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pochissimo
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little
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poco
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a little
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poi
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then
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ponticello
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the bridge
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portamento
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extremely smooth
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possibile
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possible
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precipitato
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hurled
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quasi
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in the style of
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rapido
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fast
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recitando
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reciting
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recitativo
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like natural speech
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rigore
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harshness
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rinforzando
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reinforced; emphasized
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ripieno
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filling or stuffing
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rubato
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freely played, improvisatory with time
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scordatura
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mistuning
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secco
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dry
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Dal segno
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to the sign
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sempre
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always
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senza
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without
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sforzando
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with sudden force or emphasis
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sinistra
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left
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slancio, con
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enthusiasm
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smorzando
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suddenly dying away
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soave
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sweetly
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solfeggio
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solfege - do, re, mi
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sopra
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above
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sordino
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a mute
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sospirando
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sighing
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sostenuto
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sustained
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sotto
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subdued
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staccato
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short and detached
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stringendo
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pressing; accelerating the tempo
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subito
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immediately, suddenly
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sulla
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on the
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tanto
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much
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tenuto
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held for the full time
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tessitura
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weaving
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tranquillo
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quietly, calmly
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tremolo
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quiver
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tristezza, con
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with sadness
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tutti
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all together
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vaghezza, con
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with vagueness
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vibrato
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vibrated
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vide
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a cut in the score telling conductors to go from vi- to -de
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vivo
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with verve
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voce
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voice
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volta
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time
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