1.  Valse - French - A waltz (in 3/4 meter)

2.  Value - The duration of a note. When switching meters, it is sometimes written =

3.  Valzer - Italian - A waltz

4.  Vamp - An accompaniment played over and over until soloist is ready

5.  Variente - Italian - A varient. A different (optional reading), like Ossia

6.  Variation - A transformation of a theme through harmonic, rhythmic or melodic  changes and  embellishments

7.  Veil - A term used for a voice that is not quite clear. It sounds covered, or as if veiled.

8.  Velato - Italian - Veiled

9.  Veloce - Italian - Rapid, swift.  The passage is to be played faster than the ones before or after it.

10.  Venusto - Italian - Graceful, elegant

11.  Vergnügt - German - Cheerfully

12.  Verhallend - German - Dying away

13.  Verlöschend - German - Dying away

14.  Verschwindend - German - Vanishing, dying away

15.  Verse - A stanza, followed by a refrain (or chorus part)

Schirmer Pocket Manual of Musical Terms, Edited by Theodore Baker, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1978