Excerpt from Hamilton's Celebrated Dictionary: Comprising an Explanation of 3, 500 Italian, French, German, English, and Other Musical Terms, Phrases and Abbreviations, Also a Copious List of Musical CharactersThe extraordinary sale of this little work being a convincing proof of the high opinion entertained of it by the musical public, has induced the publishers to make such additions to it, from time to time, as to secure for it a still ncreasing celebrity and place it far beyond the reach of competition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.