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Definition Accelerando: accelerating: Accelerating Accompagnato: accompanied: The accompaniment must follow the singer who can speed up or slow down at will. Adagio: ad agio, at ease: Slow and easy (but not as slow as largo) Adagietto: a bit at ease: 1. Slightly less easy than adagio (so slightly faster); 2. a short adagio composition ...
Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
Cantabile [kanˈtaːbile] is a term in music meaning to perform in a singing style. The word is taken from the Italian language and literally means "singable" or "songlike". [1] In instrumental music, it is a particular style of playing designed to imitate the human voice. The German-language equivalent to cantabile is gesangvoll. [2]
This movement exemplifies the expressive Adagio style of many slow movements in the classical period. The famous cantabile melody is played three times, always in A ♭ major, separated by two modulating episodes; the movement is thus a simple rondo rather than the sonata form more common for movements of this
Adagio in C Minor, by Nicholas Britell for the TV series Succession; Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber; Adagio in G minor, attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, composed by Remo Giazotto "Adagio" (Lara Fabian song), from the 2000 album Lara Fabian. performed by Dimash Kudaibergen; Adagio for Strings, a 2005 cover of Barber's Adagio by Tiësto
The form follows the basic pattern: Introductory music, usually instrumental; Recitative or dialogue to an initial or basic tempo; Adagio/ Cavatina/ "Pezzo concertato" "Tempo di mezzo" (middle movement, interlude, often sounds as if it is interrupting the action with entry of a third party) [5]
The theme is marked 'Andante' in the first edition (published during Mozart's lifetime), but has no indication in the autograph. The theme and the first eleven variations are in cut time, with the first 10 in the tempo of the theme. The eleventh variation is marked Adagio cantabile in the first edition and the autograph.
Cantabile is a musical term meaning literally "singable" or "songlike". Cantabile may also refer to: Cantabile (group), a British a cappella vocal quartet; Cantabile (symphonic suite), a work by Frederik Magle; Liuto cantabile, a ten-stringed mandocello; Cantabile, a collection of poems by Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark