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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 ...
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]". [16] The original autograph bears the marking Vivace changed to Vivace ma non-troppo in the clean copy for the French ...
A tempo: to time: Return to previous tempo Fermata: held, stopped, orig. Latin firmo "make firm, fortify" Holding or sustaining a note Grave: grave, solemn: 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 ...
Tempo comodo – at a comfortable speed; Tempo di... – the speed of a ... (such as Tempo di valse (speed of a waltz, . ≈ 60 bpm or ≈ 126 bpm), Tempo di marcia (speed of a march, ≈ 120 bpm)) Tempo giusto – at a consistent speed, at the 'right' speed, in strict tempo; Tempo primo – resume the original (first) tempo
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.)
[1] The work is written in standard four movement format. Vivace, 4 4; Poco adagio in B minor, 6 8; Menuet e Trio (Trio in B minor): Allegretto, 3 4; Finale: Presto e scherzando, 2 2; The key of B major, which is highly unusual in the Classical period, [2] sets the tone of the work, which is one of unease, restlessness and searching.
Chopin did not intend for this waltz to be played in one minute. A typical performance of the work will last between 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes. [4] The waltz is 140 measures long with one fifteen-measure repeat included, and thus it would have to be played at almost 420 quarter notes per minute in order to play it completely within a ...
Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 is a sonata for solo piano, the first of the "War Sonatas". It was composed in 1940 and first performed on 8 April of that year in Moscow, with the composer at the piano.