Allegro, adagio, piano, crescendo … No one dealing with music – laypeople or professionals – can avoid Italian. ITALLEGRO lists, translates, explains, and supplements some 400 Italian musical terms. It aims to broaden the view of the language in an entertaining way and to arouse interest in Italian, such as, for example, in the origin of a word or its use in everyday language. Lots of terms give rise to surprising insights.

Storielle relates “little stories” about one or the other musical concept. You’ll read, for example, about Handel’s famous Largo, or why caution should be exercised in using the Italian word for horn.

In the Vetrinette = “little show window,” information about various topics shows up at a glance: What are notes and intervals called in Italian or Italian operas in German, for instance?

Pronunciation is also not neglected: The most important rules you’ll find in the book, and the vast majority of words, you’ll hear spoken here for download.