James Allwright wrote: > > I think we need to know whether "Allegro" is one of a small set of > well-defined tempo descriptors (in which case it would be really nice > to have the complete set together with their definitions) or one > tempo definition in a large and vague set that spans the complete > Italian language
there are french baroque tempo definitions, german expressionist tempo definitions , tempo definitions in all languages of the world which *do* have their regional value. It would really be extremly rigid to stuck with those oldfashioned classical music's set of italian tempo descriptors which have in no way a consistent well defined generally accepted meaning as every musicologist can demonstrate. Simon -- Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria http://members.chello.at/simon.wascher/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
