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Glossary

The glossary explains specialist musical and iconographical terms, which cannot always be avoided in a text.

The definitions are intentionally not of a general nature but refer in many cases to the word's usage in a Beethoven context. They do not aim to be complete in the manner of encyclopaedic entries, and cannot replace them. More detailed and comprehensive information can be found in music dictionaries and encylopaedias.

 

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Academy
Accolade
Agnus Dei
Allegory
Ambitus
Aquatint
Articulation (articulation markings)
Autograph
Autotype
Bagatelle
Baking mould
Benedictus
Bifolium (double leaf)
Cadence, cadenza
Canon
Cantata
Catalogue of variant readings
Catalogue of works
Chalk drawing
Chamber music
Coda
Collage
Coloured aquatint
Coloured woodcarving
Colour lithography
Concerto
Conductor's part
Continuo (basso continuo, thorough bass, figured bass)
Conversation books
Copper engraving
Copper gravure printing
Copy
Copyist
Corrected copy
Correction list
Counterpoint
Credo
Critical commentary
Diplomatic
Distemper painting
Draft
Dynamics, dynamic markings
Edition
Embossed printing
En face
Engraver's model
Etching
Exposition
Facsimile
Fantasia
Fermata
Foliation
Folk song (arrangement)
Fragment
Fugue
Gathering (also quire)
Genre
Gloria
Gouache painting
Graphics
Heliogravure
Incipit
Instrumentation
Ivory miniature
Kyrie
Lead glass
Librettist
Libretto
Lied
Linocut
Lithography
Mask
Mass
Medal
Memorial
Mezzotint
Miniature
Miscellany
Mould / cast
Mp, mpia
Nb, NB
Obverse
Oil painting
Oil print
Opera
Opus
Oratorio
Ordinary
Original edition
Outline etching
Overture
P.P.
P.S.
P.T.
Pagination
Painting for a raree-show
Part
Pastel
Pause
Pen drawing
Photocopy
Photomontage
Phrasing
Piano reduction, piano score
Piano trio
Pigment
Pigment printing
Poster
Postmould
Prima volta
Printing technique
Profile
Programme music
Provenance
R, recto
Rastrology (staff ruling)
Red chalk
Relief
Reverse
Sanctus
Score
Score sketch
Screen-printing
Sculpture
Sculpture
Seconda volta
Sepia drawing
Signet
Silhouette
Silhouette / paper cut
Sketch (fine arts)
Sketch (music)
Solo
Sonata
Sonata form, first-movement sonata form
Source
Staff, stave
Statue
Statuette
Steel engraving
Still life
Stitch holes
String quartet
String quintet
String trio
Study score
Subscription
Symbol
Symphony
Titelauflage
Tutti
V, verso
Variation
Volta: prima volta, seconda volta
Watermarks
Water painting
WoO
Wood carving
Wood engraving
Xerocopy
Zinc-etching
Zincography

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