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The adagio sostenuto tempo has made a powerful impression on many listeners; for instance, Berlioz commented that it "is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify". [23] Beethoven's student Carl Czerny called it "a nocturnal scene, in which a mournful ghostly voice sounds from the distance". [1]
Although tempo is described or indicated in many different ways, including with a range of words (e.g., "Slowly", "Adagio", and so on), it is typically measured in beats per minute (bpm or BPM). For example, a tempo of 60 beats per minute signifies one beat per second, while a tempo of 120 beats per minute is twice as rapid, signifying two ...
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 Affrettando: becoming hurried: Accelerating Alla marcia: as a march: In strict tempo at a marching pace (e.g. 120 BPM) Allargando: broadening
The left hand plays almost identical figures throughout Adagio sostenuto. [14] The piece is similar to the form of a barcarolle, a folk song with a rhythmic tuplet accompaniment. Playing it takes approximately five minutes, and it is 53 measures long, the shortest in terms of measures. [2]
Adagio sostenuto. 3.3 III. Allegro scherzando. 4 Recordings. 5 Transcriptions and derivative works. 6 Notes. ... After the original fast tempo and musical drama ends, ...
Fast velocità Speed; con velocità: with speed velocissimo As fast as possible; usually applied to a cadenza-like passage or run via Away, out, off; as in via sordina or sordina via: 'mute off' vibrato Vibrating (i.e. a more or less rapidly repeated slight variation in the pitch of a note, used as a means of expression).
Un poco sostenuto — Allegro – Meno allegro (C minor, ending in C major) Andante sostenuto (E major) Un poco allegretto e grazioso (A ♭ major) Adagio — Più andante — Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Più allegro (C minor – C major)
Adagio sostenuto assai The key musical idea of this concerto is first heard in the first clarinet, accompanied by no more than four other woodwinds: a sequence of two chords—an A major chord with a C ♯ on top, then a dominant seventh on F ♮. One note connects the two chords—an A. Allegro agitato assai This is technically the scherzo of ...