File puptcrit/puptcrit.0802, message 346


From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:32:32 GMT
Subject: [Puptcrit] New technical terms in music & are there similar new


Some of these are allegedly from the latest edition of the Harvard Dictionary of Music. I have not confirmed the accuracy of this claim. But it seems to me that puppetry is capable of other new terms in the same vein.

ALLREGRETTO- when you're 16 measures into a piece and realize you took too fast a tempo.

APPOLOGGIATURA- a composition you regret playing

APPROXIMATURA- a series of notes not given by the composer, played with an "I meant to do that" attitude

and the related term
APPROXIMENTO- somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch

CACOPHANY- a composition incorporating many people with chest colds

GREGORIAN CHAMP- title held by the monk able to sustain the longest note

VESUVIOSO- and indication to build to a fiery conclusion

DILL PICCOLINI- a tiny wind instrument capable of playing only sour notes

FIDDLER CRABS- grumpy string players

PLACEBO DOMINGO- faux tenor

VIBRATTO- an annoying boy soprano

Phrases, titles, and descriptions for new puppet-related terms may be lurking out there too, awaiting wider use.

Your submissions are welcome (maybe).

ALAN

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