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ladler

Austrian and South German dance in triple METER. read more

lai

A medieval song form. read more

Landler

Austrian and South German dance in triple Meter. read more

largo, larghetto

Slow and grandly, slightly less slow; a slow movement. read more

lauda (Lat. Laudare "to praise")

Italian devotional song.. read more

Lauda (Lat.laudare "to praise")

Italian devotional song. read more

leading tone

the seventh degree of the scale, a semitone below the tonic, to which it therefore gives a feeling of leading. read more

legato

Smoothly, not STACCATO, indicated by a SLUR. read more

leger lines

Small extra lines above or below the staff for notes too high or low to be accommodated on the staff itself; also ledger line. read more

leitmotif

A German term, meaning "leading motif", used (chiefly by Wagner) for a recognizable theme or musical idea that symbolizes a person or a conceal in a dramatic work. read more

Leitmotif (Ger. "leading motive")

Musical THEME or MOTIVE associated with a person, thing, emotion, or idea in a drama. read more

lento

Very slow. read more

liberetto

The text of an opera (or oratorio), or the book in which the text is printed. read more

Libretto

Literary text for a musical stage work. read more

lied

The German word for "song", used specifically for nineteenth century German songs for voice and piano; plural lieder. read more

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