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The term is Italian for "on the breve", originally meaning that the beat was counted on the breve. [2] Alla breve is a "simple-duple meter with a half-note pulse". [3] The note denomination that represents one beat is the minim or half-note. There are two of these per bar, so that the time signature 2 2 may be interpreted as "two minim beats ...
Alla breve, the time signature 2 2 , takes its name from the note value breve. In the mensural notation of the Renaissance, it was an alternative term for proportio dupla , which meant that the brevis was to be considered the unit of time ( tactus ), instead of the usual semibrevis .
The beginning of this movement is alla breve (2 2) and the rest of the movement is in 9 8. Allemande; Courante; Aria; Sarabande; Menuet; Gigue; Notes References ...
dal segno alla coda (D.S. alla coda) Repeat to the sign and continue to the coda sign, then play coda dal segno al fine (D.S. al fine) From the sign to the end (i.e. return to a place in the music designated by the sign and continue to the end of the piece) dal segno segno alla coda (D.S.S. alla coda) Same as D.S. alla coda, but with a double segno
In both the autograph score and in his personal catalog, Mozart notated the meter as alla breve. [3] Allegro vivace assai; The opening movement begins quietly with a march figure, but quickly moves to a more lyrical melody interspersed with a fanfare in the winds.
Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other: The lower numeral indicates the note value that the signature is counting. This number is always a power of 2 (unless the time signature is irrational), usually 2, 4 or 8, but less often 16 is also used, usually in Baroque music. 2 corresponds to the half note (minim), 4 to the quarter note (crotchet), 8 to the eighth ...
The last movement is written in the time signature of cut common time (or alla breve, similar to 2 2) [12] and consists of 222 bars; a typical performance would last eight and a half minutes. The key signature, as is conventional, is the same as the opening movement, E-flat major.
A copy by Józef Linowski of Chopin's autograph reads cut time (alla breve). [11] A slower tempo ( = 152) has been suggested by later editors such as Hans von Bülow who feared that at = 176 "the majestic grandeur [would be] impaired." [4] There is no Maestoso indication by Chopin though.