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Italian term Literal translation 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 ...
In 2019, following the 1 millionth selling of Sì, the 25th anniversary of Il Mare Calmo Della Sera's release was celebrated. Zucchero returned along with Gian Pietro Felisatti and Gloria Nuti, moving away from the track's Italian-language pop-rock format in exchange for an orchestral crossover track combined with Andrea singing the chorus in English.
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
Italian music terminology consists of words and phrases used in the discussion of the music of Italy. Some Italian music terms are derived from the common Italian language. Others come from Spanish, or Neapolitan, Sicilian, Sardinian or other regional languages of Italy. The terms listed here describe a genre, song form, dance, instrument ...
"Mare mare" (lit. "Sea sea"), also known " Mare mare (Bologna-Riccione) ", is a 1992 Italian song composed by Mauro Malavasi and Luca Carboni and performed by Luca Carboni. The music was composed by Carboni at his holiday home on Elba , while the lyrics were composed almost a year later, during a car trip from Riccione to Bologna , when Carboni ...
"Santa Lucia" (Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) from Neapolitan into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849, during the first stage of the Italian unification.
Cc'è la luna n menzu ô mari" (Sicilian for 'There's the moon amid the sea'), mostly known in the English-speaking world as "C'è la luna mezzo mare", "Luna mezz'o mare" and other similar titles, is a comic Sicilian song with worldwide popularity, traditionally styled as a brisk 6 8 tarantella. The song portrays a mother-daughter "coming of ...
Il mare calmo della sera is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's first album, released only in Italy in 1994. It was followed by the release of Bocelli in 1995, his second pop album which outsold the first, then by Romanza in 1997.