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Glossary of Musical Terms
Look up musical terms with explanations and information of word origins
Technical Music Terms – Cambridge Dictionary
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Braccini, R. (2005). Practical vocabulary of music: English, German, Italian, French. Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag; (CC ML108 .B59 2005)
Collins, I. H. (2013). Dictionary of music education. The Scarecrow Press. (electronic resource).
Kennedy, M., Kennedy, J. B., & Rutherford-Johnson, T. (2012). The Oxford dictionary of music (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. (electronic resource)
Randel, D. M. (2003). The Harvard dictionary of music (4th ed.). Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. (CC ML100 .A64 2003)
Swain, J. P. (2013). Historical dictionary of Baroque music. Scarecrow Press. (electronic resource)

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