Italian Terms
a niente
to nothing
ad libitum, ad lib.
at choice
attacca
go straight on (to the next part of the music)
cantando
singing
con dolore
with grief
con spirito
with spirit
doloroso
sorrowful
largamente
broadly
morendo
dying away
perdendosi
dying away
quasi
as if, resembling
rinforzando, rf, rfz, rinf
reinforcing
smorzando, smorz
dying away
sonoro
resonant, with rich tone (like the word 'sonorous')
sotto voce
in an undertone (literally 'under the voice')
German Terms
langsam
slow
lebhaft
lively
mässig
at a moderate speed
ruhig
peaceful
schnell
fast
traurig
sad