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Definition Lacuna: gap: 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
Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
A priest, [3] Gratiosus was active in the chapter at Padua Cathedral where a document from 1391 indicates he was custos and by 8 June 1392 mansionarius. [3] A "Gracioso" is listed as a monk of the Abbey of Santa Giustina in 1398; [3] whether this man is the composer is unclear, but every one of Grazioso's compositions is found in a fragment from the Abbey.
Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso, 2/4 The third movement is notable for its humorously detailed tempo indication: "Rondieaoux: Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo presto, però non troppo adagio. Così-così—con molto garbo ed espressione" (or, translated, "A joke rondo: Allegretto grazioso, but not too fast, nor too slow.
Tovey wrote, "The opening of the second subject in the first movement is a wonderful example of the harmonic principle previously mentioned...In all music, nothing equally dramatic can be found before the D minor sonata, Op. 31 No. 2 which is rightly regarded as marking the beginning of Beethoven's second period."
Allegretto grazioso (in A major) Un poco allegretto (in F major) Andante con moto (in D major) Andante (in B ♭ minor) The approximate duration is 40 minutes. Note: No. 7 (Allegretto grazioso, A major) was originally to have been the third piece, but Dvorak shifted it to its ultimate position before publication. [4]
Grazioso is a ballet made on New York City Ballet by Peter Martins, its balletmaster-in-chief, to music by Mikhail Glinka. The premiere took place at City Ballet's fall gala on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
With long, drawn-out trills and reflective pauses, the second movement in C major is more sentimental. Apart from the Hammerklavier Sonata's Adagio and the 32nd sonata's second movement, this is the longest slow movement in Beethoven's piano sonatas, lasting around 11 minutes.