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The Hand Dictionary of Musical Terminology (HmT) deals in detailed monographs with the origin and meaning of musical terms, by understanding their conceptual and History of meaning comprehensively processed and lexically presented. As a first attempt at all an encyclopedic documentation and reflection of the musical terminology in past and present, the HmT is conceived as a music terminological periodical, which also serves as a historical reference book. It aims to contribute to the understanding of musical factual history from the perspective of the history of musical history linked to it terminology formation and at the same time unreflective and dogmatic use of words counteract. The conceptual monographs of the HmT have been published since 1972 by Franz Steiner Verlag (Wiesbaden, since 1984 Stuttgart) in loose-leaf format and in free alphabetical order in one or two deliveries (each approx. 100 printed pages) per year.