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  2. 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 ...

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

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    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: A recurring passage in a piece of Baroque ...

  4. Symphony No. 88 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    Allegro con spirito The first movement begins with a brief introduction which quickly settles to the dominant chord to prepare for the main body of the movement. The strings open the Allegro stating the main theme and the rest of the movement develops from there, with almost every statement deriving from a previous idea. [ 1 ]

  5. Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Then a fortissimo and Beethoven's very common syncopations appear in the music giving a rhythm, this continues on to the resolution. The first movement is about 10 minutes long and is one of Beethoven's longest movements from his early period.

  6. 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.

  7. List of compositions by Frank Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Chamber music: 1: 1900: ... Allegro con spirito (B ... Allegro con brio; for orchestra: Chamber music: 119: 1916: 2 Old English Songs. Sally in Our Alley; Cherry Ripe;

  8. Piano Sonata (Barber) - Wikipedia

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    The sonata is in four movements, and usually takes twenty minutes to perform: Allegro energico; Allegro vivace e leggero; Adagio mesto; Fuga: Allegro con spirito; The sonata is very difficult to play; [15] Barber, himself a pianist, was unable to adequately play it, [16] [17] and the Music Library Association noted in 1986 that the sonata was "once considered almost too demanding a work". [18]

  9. Symphony No. 86 (Haydn) - Wikipedia

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    Finale: Allegro con spirito, 4 4; The first movement is in sonata form and is broadly conceived. An unusual feature is that the primary theme of the exposition begins "off-tonic" and does not resolve to the D major until five bars in. Similarly the secondary theme group also delays establishment of the dominant key. [1]