German musical terms

Glossary
(The words appear here exactly as they
appear in the score.)
ab, off
abdampfen, damp
aber, but
abnehmend, waning
abreissen, break off, flag
al/e(s), all
allmahlich, gradually
als, like, than
a/ten, old
am, at the
an, to
andern, others
Anfang(e), beginning
An/angstempo, opening tempo
angebunden, played at the same time
Anmerkung, note
anmuthig, gracefully
anschwellend, crescendo
anzuschlagen, to be struck
As, A'
au/, on, for
aufgehob., aufgeh., aufg., raised
au/gestellt, placed
aus, from
(sich) ausbreitend, broadening out
Ausdruck, expression
a11sdrucks110//, expressively
ausgefuhrt, played
a11sz11halten, to sustain
B,B•
Basse, double basses
bediichtig, deliberate
befestigt, attached
beginnen, begin
behaglich, comfortable
bei, on
beide, both
beinahe, almost
besonders, especially
Betonungen, accentuation
bewegt, animated, agitated
bewegter, piu mosso
Bewegung, motion, tempo
bezeichneten, marked
bis zum, until the
bitterlich, bitterly
bleiben, remain, bleibt, remain
s
&gen, bow
brechen, arpeggiate
hreit, broad, broa dly, hrei
ter, mor e
broadly
Celli, cellos
Cis, Cl
Consonanten, consona nt
unng
Dampfer, mute, mutes, m
das, the
dasse/be, the same
dem, den, the
der, the, of the, who
Des, D 1
deutlich, dearly
die, the
diesen, this
Dirigenten, conductor
dirigiren, conduct, beat
doch, but
Doppelgriff, Dopp/gr., double stop
driingend, pressing, driingender, more
pressing
dump/, muffled, dull
durch, (obtained) through
durchaus, throughout
eben, just previously
ebenfalls, likewise
ebenso, just as
Echoton, echo tone
ed/en, noble, exalted
eilen, hurry, ohne zu .eilen, without
hurrying
eiiend, hurrying
eine, einem, a, one (player)
einer, eines, of a
einige, several
(sich) entfemend, becoming distant
Ent/ernung, distance
Empfindung, feeling, emotion
empfunden, (deeply) felt
entschieden, resolute
erste(n), first
ersterbend, dying away
Es, E•
etwas, somewhat
Ferne, distance
/eurige, fiery
Fidel, medieval fiddle
Figuren, figures
Fis, Fl
Flag., harmonics
fliessend, flowing
folgend, following, in keepin
g with
Iort, continuing
/or�laufend(er), running,
continuous
/re,, freely
fre_ihangend, suspended
frisch, vigorous, lively
/ru_ her, earlier
/iir, for
furcht barer, formidable
ganzes, full
ganzlich, completely
gebrochen, arpeggiated
gebunden, legato
gedampft, damped
gedehnt, drawn out
gehalten(en), held, held back, rneno
mo sso
gehaltener, more restrained
geheimnisvoll(er), mysterious
gehen, go
gemiichlich, comodo, easily, gemiich.
/icher, piu comodo
gemassigt(e), moderate
geringste, briefes t
gerissen, cut off
Ges, G�
gesangvo/1, cantabile
gesattigten, saturated
geschlagen, struck
gestimmt, tuned
gestopft, gest., stopped
gestrichen, bowed
gesungen, sung
getheilt, geth., divisi
getragen, solemn
Gewa/t, power
gewirbelt, rolled
gewohn/ich(e), ordinario, normally
Gis, G'
gleichen, equal-sized
gleichmassiger, even
grell, shrill
Gr. Fl., flute
Griffbrett, fingerboard, sul tasto
grob, coarsely, rudely
grossem, grosser, great, large
grossere, larger
gut, quite
H,B
Ha/be, (beat in) half-notes
Ha//te, half (of a string section)
Halt, pause
hart, hard
Ha st, has te
Haupttempo, principal tempo
Hauptzeitmass, principal tempo
herausgestossen, thrust out
hervortretend, hervortr., prominenrlY
hier, here, von hier an, from here 00
hinaufziehen, approaching fro m be10"'
h. g fro!11
.
h.tnu n t erz,ehen,
appr oac 1 n
above
hoch, high
nuor. t:1t:vauuu, "' u111 nuve, 1. u. nuvt:.
up, in the air
hoher, higher
Hol::.bliiser. woodwinds
Holzschliigeln, wooden mallets
horbar, audible
;,,,, in. in the
im111er, always
ja, absolutely
L,m,, barely
keck, bold
keine. no
klagend, lamenting
Klang. sound
k/ei11e, small
kli11gen, ring
klmgt. sounds
Kopfstin,me, head voice
Kraft, Krafte11tfalt1mg. power
kriiftig. robustly
kMr.;(er), short
Lage, position
lange, long
langhatlenden, long-resounding
langsam. slow, langsamer, slower
(sich) lassen, allow
lebhaft, lively
leidenschaftlich. passionately
leise, softly
letu.en, previous
IMstig, merry, merrily
Marsch, march
mehr, more
mehrfach besetzt, several to a part
merklich, noticeably
mil, wich
milt/ere, medium, middle
moglich, possible
m.oglichst, as ... as possible
mMnter, chcerfuJly
M.siker. musician
"4Ch, (recune) to
1111Chgeben, broaden
rwchhorchend, listening
,web/assen, relax
Nachschlag, Nachsch/., cum (at end of
trill)
1111Chz.,,hmen, to imitace
(sich) n.ihernd, drawing nearer
N11J11r/,uu, sound of nacure
"41-iirlich, ordinario
nehmen, cake, change to
11icht, not, don't
11imml, take, change to
noch, still
Note, notes
Not/a/I, necessity, 1111r ;.,,, Not/a/I z•r,
only if necessary for
n11r, only
o//en,open,unstopped
oh11e, without
Oh.sv(e), octave
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pliitzlich, suddenly, plozlichem, sudden
Pralltriller, mordents
PMite, desks, stands
recht, quite, vety
Rhythmu, rhythm
roh(er), rough, crude
Riiciuicht, regard
Nlhevoll, peaceful
Nlhig, calm
Saile, string
san/t, soft
Satz, movement
Schalltrichter, Schalltr., bells (of wind
instruments)
Schliigeln, mallets
schlagen, beat, conduct
schleppen, drag
Sch/Mu, end
schmetternd, blaring, resounding
schnell, fast, schneller, faster
Schwammschliigeln, sponge mallets
schwer, heavy
SchwMng, energy
rchwMngvo/1, energetically
sehr, very
selben, same
singend, singing
so ... als, as ... as
sofort, immediately
Sordinen, mutes
Spieler, players, 2. Spieler, second group
of 1st violins
spring. Bog., sautille
stark, strongly, starker, stronger, starker
besetzt, more players to a part
Steg, bridge
steigernd, intensifying
SteigeN1ngen, increases
stetig, stets, steadily
Stimme, voice, group of 1st violins
Streicher, strings
streng, scricrly
Strich, bowstroke, Strich fiir Strich, one
bow per note, detache
stiirmen, rage, rush
sMmmend, humming
Takt, beat, time
taktiren, tactiren, conduct, beat
Tel/em, mil Tel/em, dashed cymbals
Tempowechul, change in tempo
Theilen, sections
tie/(e), low, tie/er. lower
Ton, note, tone, sonority
To11en, notes
Tonhohe, register
Triangelschliigel, triangle beater
TrilJer, trill
Trio/en, triplets
iiber, over, iiber das ganze Orchester
hina•s, rising above the whole
orchestra
iibert6nend, rising above, al/es iiber­
t6ne11d, louder than the rest of the
orchestra
""d, and
Mnge/iihr, approximately
unmerklich, imperceptibly
UnterstiitzMng, reinforcement, support
veriindern, changing
verdoppelt, doubled
verhallend, becoming fainter
verklingend, dying away
VerlaM/e, course
(sich) verlierend, dying away
VermittlMng, transition
verschwindend, disappearing
versehen, provided
versieht, plays
vibrirend, vibrating, with vibrato
vie/, much, a lot of
Viertel, quarter-notes
Vokal, vowel
vollziehen, execute, vollzieht sich, to be
executed
vom, by the
von, by
vorgetragen, played
vorhanden, (is) available
vorher, vorhin, before
Vorschliige, grace notes
vorwiirtI, pressing forward
wechseln, change
weich, soft, gently
Weise, rune, call
weiter, far, weisester, farthest
welche, which
wenig, little
wenn, if
werden, becoming
wie, as, as though
wieder, again
wild, unrestrained
womoglich, wo moglich, if possible
Worte, words
W1'Chtiger, more heavily, more vigorously
zart(e), gentle, gently, tenderly
Zeit, time
zogemd, hesitating
z•, to, in, at, zi: 2, 3, 4, unisono
Z1'erst, at first
z1'/ahrend, pressing, stringendo
zMletzt, just previously
Z1'm, Z1'r, to the
Z1'riickhalten(d), meno mosso, z•riick­
haltender, more restrained
Z1'riickkehren, return, z•riickkehrend,
returning
zwei, two
I., 2., 3., 4., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
2te, 3te, 4te, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
2(3,4) Jach, in 2(3,4) pares