#33 MUSICAL TERMS

1.  Wuchtig - German - Weighty, ponderously, with strong emphasis

2.  Würdevoll - German - With dignity

3.  Wüthend - German - Furiously, frantically

4.  Yodel - A type of singing in Switzerland (generally in the Alps) with frequent alternation between falsetto notes and chest notes.

5.  Zart or Zärtlich - German - Tender, soft, delicate

6.  Zarzuela - Spanish - (pronounced ‘thar-thoo-ela’) Type of Spanish opera with spoken dialogue

7.  Zeitmass - German - Tempo

8. Zigeunermusik - German -  Gypsy music

9.  Zingara, alla - Italian - In a gypsy style

10. Zitternd - German - Trembling, tremulous

11. Zögernd - German - Hesitating, retarding

12. Zunehmend - German - Increasing, crescendo

13. Zurückgehend - German - Returning to previous tempo (a tempo)

14. Zurückhaltend - German - Holding back, ritardando

15. Zweistimmig - German - For two voices

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