1. Con stanchezza – Italian – Draggingly
2. Ständchen – German – A serenade
3. Stanza – A symmetric unit of a song. A verse.
4. Sterbend – German – Dying
5. Stimme – German – Voice
6. Strain – A certain passage in a piece; a phrase
7. Strascinare la voce – Italian – To sing a portamento (scoop) with exaggeration
8. Stretta – Italian – A closing passage (like a coda) usually faster than the rest of the piece
9. Strettissimo – Italian – Rapidly
10. Stringendo – Italian – To accelerate suddenly and rapidly with a crescendo
11. Strophic – A song that has the same melody for each verse
12. Subito – Italian – Suddenly. Ex; subito piano (suddenly piano)
13. Superbo – Italin – Proudly
14. Suspension – A dissonance cause by holding one note while others progress.
15. Süss – German – Sweetly
Schirmer Pocket Manual of Musical Terms, Edited by Theodore Baker, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978