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The primary meaning of "Allegro" is now "fast;" it is a tempo marking, which has a very arguable emotional connotation. On the other hand, "Maestoso" and "Sostenuto" belong where they are: they do not have any clear tempo denotation, but might imply a tempo if used alone. I claim "Vivace" is now primarily a tempo marking, like "Allegro."
Slow and solemn tempo (slower than largo) Largo: broad: Slow and dignified tempo Largamente: broadly: Slow and dignified tempo Larghetto: broad-ish: Slightly less dignified than largo (so slightly faster tempo) Lento: slow: Slow tempo Lentando: slowing: Decelerating, slowing down L'istesso tempo: the same time: At the same tempo Moderato ...
In time (i.e. the performer should return to the stable tempo, such as after an accelerando or ritardando); also may be found in combination with other terms such as a tempo giusto (in strict time) or a tempo di menuetto (at the speed of a minuet) ab (Ger.) off, organ stops or mutes abafando (Port.) muffled, muted abandon or avec (Fr.)
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.
Vivace is a musical tempo marking. Vivace may also refer to: VIVACE, an alternative name for Vortex power, a form of hydro power. USS Vivace (SP-583), a United States Navy ship. Vivace, a US aerospace company, competed for NASA's Human Landing System
Polish pianist and editor Jan Ekier (1913–2014) writes in the Performance Commentary to the Polish National Edition that this étude is "always performed slower or much slower than is indicated by [Chopin's] tempo [M.M. 100]". [15] The original autograph bears the marking Vivace changed to Vivace ma non-troppo in the clean copy for the French ...
Il tempo se ne va" is a song by Italian singer Adriano Celentano from his 1980 album Un po' artista un po' no. As the rest of the album, it was composed by Toto Cutugno (music) and Cristiano Minellono (lyrics). The song is said to be dedicated to Celentano's daughter Rosita. [1] [2]
The composer and music theorist Johann Kirnberger (1776) formalized and refined this idea by instructing the performer to consider the following details in combination when determining the best performance tempo of a piece: the tempo giusto of the meter, the tempo term (Allegro, Adagio, etc., if there is one, at the start of the piece), the ...