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

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    Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello: little return

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    spirito Spirit, con spirito: with spirit, with feeling spiritoso Spirited staccato Making each note brief and detached; the opposite of legato. In musical notation, a small dot under or over the head of the note indicates that it is to be articulated as staccato. stanza A verse of a song stem Vertical line that is directly connected to the ...

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. 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.

  6. Symphony No. 2 (Brahms) - Wikipedia

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    Mysterious sotto voce strings open the final Allegro con spirito, again in sonata form. The full orchestra suddenly announces the arrival of the main theme, unveiling "...the blazing sunrise of the most athletic and ebulliently festive movement Brahms ever wrote". [6]

  7. Con Brio - Wikipedia

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    Con Brio may refer to: Con brio, a musical direction, meaning "with spirit" or "with vigor" Con brio (Widmann), a composition by Jörg Widmann; Con Brio (band), a funk band based in San Francisco; Con Brio, Inc., a defunct synthesizer manufacturer; Con Brio Records, a defunct record label; Con brio, a 1998 novel by Slovenian author Brina ...

  8. List of compositions by Frank Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Con Moto: for violin and piano: Chamber music: 23: ... Allegro con spirito (B ... Allegro con brio; for orchestra: Chamber music: 119:

  9. Piano Quartets (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Allegro con spirito; Theme and variations: Cantabile; In the second quartet, the piano and the strings are equal partners. [2] It opens unusually with an Adagio assai movement. The second movement is in sonata form, in E-flat minor. Some elements seem to anticipate the last movement of the Piano Sonata No. 8, the Pathétique.