Monday, December 9, 2013

Extended Musical Analysis Day 2

Hello, I'm back again with my extended musical analysis project, this time I will be analyzing the certain musical terms in this piece of music. I will now list all of the definitions and their meanings:

Morceau Symphonique: Symphonic piece
Andante sostenuto: A calm, sustained tempo
Con espressione: with expression
Crescendo: to ascend in sound
Con anima: with animation
Marcato: Marked, accented
Cantando: in singing style
Ped.:damper pedal
Traquillamente: Tranquilly
Cadenza ad lib: an ornamental passage which is usually improvised
Dolce: a directive to musicians to perform the indicated passage of a composition sweetly
Diminuendo: to diminish in sound
Con calma: with calm