Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period...

list of known or supposed Italian loanwords in English. A separate list of terms used in music can be found at List of Italian musical terms used in English:...

origin List of Italian musical terms used in English List of English words of Japanese origin List of English words of Korean origin List of Latin words...

of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins...

Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols...

Languages of the Vatican City Talian List of English words of Italian origin List of Italian musical terms used in English Recognized as a minority language...

an Italian. Continentale (Italy) a neutral term used by people from Sardinia and Sicily to indicate someone's origin from the Italian peninsula; in Sardinia...

Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have...

English rarely uses diacritics, which are symbols indicating the modification of a letter's sound when spoken. Most of the affected words are in terms...

Western) terms. These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms). Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western...