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Andante   /ɑndˈɑnteɪ/   Listen
Andante

adverb
1.
At a moderately slow tempo.





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"Andante" Quotes from Famous Books



... Frau Schumann, Joachim and Stockhausen came frequently to Hamburg during the season of 1861, and all three made much of Johannes. All four gave concerts together, and Johannes took part in a performance of Schumann's beautiful Andante and Variations, for two pianos, while Stockhausen sang entrancingly Beethoven's Love Songs, accompanied by Brahms. On one occasion Brahms played his Variations on a Handel Theme, "another magnificent work, splendidly long, the stream of ideas flowing inexhaustibly. ...
— The World's Great Men of Music - Story-Lives of Master Musicians • Harriette Brower
... 76, Von Buelow said: "The Capriccio, No. 1 must not be taken too fast. First page is merely a prelude, the story begins at the second page. How wonderfully is this melody formed, so original yet so regular. Compare it with a Bach gigue. Remember, andante does not mean dragging (schleppando), it means going (gehend)." To the player who gave the Capriccio, No. 5 he said: "You play that as if it were a Tarantelle of Stephan Heller's. Agitation in piano playing must be carefully thought out; the natural sort will not do at ...
— Piano Mastery - Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers • Harriette Brower


Words linked to "Andante" :   piece, piece of music, music, musical composition, slow, composition, tempo, musical passage, opus, pacing, passage


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