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  2. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Campana: bell: A bell used in an orchestra; also campane "bells" Cornetto: little horn: An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    tranquillo Calm, peaceful transposition moving a collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant interval. trattenuto (tratt.) Held back with a sustained tone, similar to ritardando tre corde (tc) Three strings (i.e. release the soft pedal of the piano) (see una corda) tremolo Shaking.

  4. Songs Without Words - Wikipedia

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    Andante tranquillo (B ♭ major), MWV U 102; Presto: Spinnerlied ("Spinner's Song") (C major), MWV U 182; Moderato (B minor), MWV U 184; Allegro non troppo (E major), MWV U 188; The Spinnerlied has also been given the nickname the "Bee's Wedding" since the busy accompaniment to the melody resembles the buzzing of bees. Book 6 was dedicated to ...

  5. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition, and is often also an indication of the composition's character or atmosphere.

  6. Assai tranquillo (Mendelssohn) - Wikipedia

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    Assai tranquillo, in B minor, is a work written for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn. The piece was composed on 25 July 1835 on a journey from Düsseldorf to Leipzig . Mendelssohn dedicated it to the cellist Julius Rietz , who was the composer's assistant Kapellmeister in Düsseldorf. [ 1 ]

  7. Symphony No. 2 (Sessions) - Wikipedia

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    The symphony is dedicated "To the Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt", who died while Sessions was composing the Adagio tranquillo. [2] The score is dated "Princeton-Gambier-Berkeley, 1944–46" – it was begun in Princeton, work continued at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio , and finished at the University of California at Berkeley .

  8. Symphony No. 3 (Górecki) - Wikipedia

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    "Symphony No. 3 «Symphony of Sorrowful Songs» Op. 36 for solo soprano and orchestra by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Contribution to the monograph. The verbal layer, the musical structure and verbal-musical connections in the first part - Lento, Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile." Master's thesis under the direction of Hab. Dr. Robert Kurdybacha.

  9. Symphony No. 2 (Brahms) - Wikipedia

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    A mid-movement tranquillo section (bar 206, and reappearing in the coda) elaborates earlier material and slows down the movement to allow a buildup of energy into the recapitulation. The first theme comes in again (bar 244) and the familiar orchestral forte is played.