Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i wish things were as simple for dolce. especially german composers of the 19th century had different interpretations of it,s meaning highly confusing especially with Liszt. thanks simon jes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Felix Lopez de Maturana" <fmaturana@euskalnet.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:30 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Forte > > One word comes through the Italian and means "with great force"; it > > is > > > used as a musical directive and is pronounced "for-tey" in USian > > > English. > > > > > This is absolutely true! Forte, fortissimo, piano, pianissimo, andante con > moto, are musical terms that if really are in italian every musician in the > world will understand as are annotations written in the score and show the > player how to produce the music. Forte means literally strong and refers to > the level of the sound. > > > Felix > > PS Who besides a retired man, an amateur photographer, is an opera > commentator at my country broadcasting > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information