Mistakes And Disputed Points in Music And Music Teaching
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The tempo marks have sifted down into their present order more by usage than by the definite meaning of the word. In a Music Dictionary of the year 1724 the following table of tempo marks from slowest to quickest is given: Adagio-adagio. Vivace. Adagio. Allegro. Grave. Presto. Largo. Prestissimo. TEiiPO Marks in Old Masters It is a mistake to treat the tempo marks in 1 7th and 1 8th century music as they are employed in the 20th century. Tliey should be taken more moderately, the (juick movemen...ts less quick, the slow movements less slow, than in modern music. A Haydn or Mozart "Allegro" is often but an 92 Tempo and Rhythm "Allegro Moderato, " while an "Adagio" is fre- quently about the same as a modern "Andante. " Andante and Andantino Andante, by constant usage, has come to signify, in music, a gentle, legato, and slow movement. The Italian word by no means indicates this. The word means "going" and implies a steady move- ment. Referring to the old dictionary above quoted we find this definition: "Andante, this word has Respect chiefly to the Thorough Bass, and signifies, that in playing, the Time must be kept very just and exact, and each Note made very equal and distinct the one from the other.
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