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tempo tempo
tempo [Ital.,=time], in music, the speed of a composition. The composer's intentions as to tempo are conventionally indicated by a set of Italian terms, of which the principal ones are presto (very fast), vivace (lively), allegro (fast), moderato (moderate), andante (moderate, literally a... Read more
tarantella tarantella
tarantella , Neapolitan folk dance that first appeared in Taranto, Italy, in the 17th cent. It had rapid 6-8 meter with an increasing tempo and was thought to cure the bite of the tarantula, which supposedly caused the disease tarantism. Chopin, Liszt, Weber, and others used the dance in the form of... Read more
minuet minuet
minuet , French dance, originally from Poitou, introduced at the court of Louis XIV in 1650. It became popular during the 17th and 18th cent. In 3-4 meter and moderate tempo, the minuet was performed by open couples who made graceful and precise glides and steps. The minuet left a refined but... Read more
barcarolle barcarolle
barcarolle, or barcarole, originally the name given to songs sung by Venetian boatmen, or barcaruoli, while rowing their gondolas. However, the meaning has been extended to cover any song reminiscent of the original Venetian barcarolle, which normally had a slow tempo and most often a sad or... Read more
Allegra Allegra
Allegra ♀ From the feminine form of the Italian adjective allegro ‘happy, jaunty’ (familiar in English as a musical tempo). It seems to have been an original coinage when it was given to Byron's illegitimate daughter (1817–22), but since then it has been taken up by... Read more
metronome metronome
metronome , in music, originally pyramid-shaped clockwork mechanism to indicate the exact tempo in which a work is to be performed. It has a double pendulum whose pace can be altered by sliding the upper weight up or down. The sliding bob indicates the rate of oscillation by means of calibrations on... Read more
Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins 1904-69, American jazz musician, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He began playing saxophone at the age of 9. He was part of Fletcher Henderson 's band from 1924 until 1934. Hawkins established the tenor saxophone as a major jazz instrument. His enormous tone, vigorous attack, and improvisatory... Read more
Nikolai Pogodin Nikolai Pogodin
Pogodin, Nikolai Fedorovich [ Nikolai Fedorovich Stukalov] (1900–62), prolific Soviet dramatist, writing mostly in the style of Socialist Realism. He was originally a journalist, and his first play Tempo (1930) was a documentary on building. His best-known work Aristocrats (1934), dealing... Read more
Elliott Cook Carter Jr Elliott Cook Carter Jr
Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. 1908-, American composer, b. New York City. Carter is considered by many to be the most important contemporary American composer. He studied with Walter Piston , E. B. Hill, and Gustav Holst at Harvard and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (1932-35). Carter's complex... Read more
symphony symphony
symphony [Gr.,=sounding together], a sonata for orchestra. The Italian operatic overture, called sinfonia, was standardized by Alessandro Scarlatti at the end of the 17th cent. into three sections, the first and last being fast and the middle one slower in tempo. Since these sinfonie had... Read more

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