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2. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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   In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

3. Two Romanian Dances - Wikipedia

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   The Two Romanian Dances (Két Román Tánc in Hungarian), Op. 8a, are a piano work written by Béla Bartók, based on Romanian folk music. [1] Written in 1910, they date from the beginning of his interest in folk music — his first work showing strong folk influence, the String Quartet No. 1, is from just two years before.

4. Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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   Following a broken-chords section filled with harmony changes, the main theme is restated in D major (pianissimo), the supertonic key of C major. Then a fortissimo and Beethoven's very common syncopations appear in the music giving a rhythm, this continues on to the resolution.

5. Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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   Haydn's music contains many jokes, and the Surprise Symphony includes probably the most famous of all: a sudden fortissimo chord at the end of the otherwise piano opening theme in the variation-form second movement. The music then returns to its original quiet dynamic as if nothing has happened, and the ensuing variations do not repeat the joke.

6. Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) - Wikipedia

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   The piece opens with a three-note motif at fortissimo that introduces the C-sharp minor tonality that dominates the piece. The cadential motif repeats throughout. In the third bar, the volume changes to a piano pianissimo for the exposition of the theme. The second part is propulsive and marked Agitato (agitated), beginning with highly ...

7. Grosse Fuge - Wikipedia

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   In the course of the Grosse Fuge, Beethoven plays this motif in every possible variation: fortissimo and pianissimo, in different rhythms, upside down and backwards. The usual practice in a traditional fugue is to make a simple, unadorned statement of the subject at the outset, but Beethoven from the very beginning presents the subject in a ...

8. Ariettes oubliées - Wikipedia

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   As the final piece of the cycle, "Spleen" describes a pleading lover and the ultimate fragility of the relationship at stake. The accompaniment starts out slow (Lent) and pianissimo, ultimately building to a grand fortissimo. The piece ends with a molto rallentando, back to pianissimo and into the lyric "hélas !" ultimately signifying the rest ...

9. Libera me, WAB 22 - Wikipedia

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   Libera me, Domine: homophonic, 18 bars, ending pianissimo on per ignem with a bare fifth Tremens fac : five-voice fugato , 23 bars, ending in homophonic fortissimo on Quando cœli Dies illa : 25 bars, in canon , with a variety of imitative textures, ending in homophonic fortissimo on Dum veneris