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From the double sign to the end (i.e. return to place in the music designated by the double sign (see D.S. alla coda) and continue to the end of the piece) decelerando Slowing down; decelerating; opposite of accelerando (same as ritardando or rallentando) deciso Firm declamando Solemn, expressive, impassioned decrescendo (decresc.)
Musical settings include choral music and other vocal music. [1] A musical setting is made to particular words, such as poems. [2] By contrast, a musical arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work, rather than a brand new piece of music. An arrangement often refers to a change in medium or style and can be ...
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Musicals by fictional setting (3 C) Musicals by period of setting (5 C) A. Musicals set on airplanes (4 P) Musicals set in airports (2 P) Musicals set in apartment ...
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
Musical settings of poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (6 P) M. Musical settings of poems by Czesław Miłosz (4 P) R. Musical settings of poems by Rainer Maria ...
The system of note types used in mensural notation closely corresponds to the modern system. The mensural brevis is nominally the ancestor of the modern double whole note (breve); likewise, the semibrevis corresponds to the whole note (semibreve), the minima to the half note (minim), the semiminima to the quarter note (crotchet), and the fusa to the eighth note (quaver).
Some of the earliest music must have been vocal repertory. Modern recorder players have taken up playing instrumental music, some anachronistically, from the period—such as the monophonic estampies (prints) from the Chansonnier du Roi (13th century), the British Library's Add MS 29987 (14th or 15th century), or the Codex Faenza (15th