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Stretti
In music, the Italian term ''stretto'' (plural: ''stretti'') has two distinct meanings: # In a fugue, ''stretto'' (german: Engführung) is the Imitation (music), imitation of the Subject (music), subject in close succession, so that the answer enters before the subject is completed.Apel, Willi, ed. (1969). ''Harvard Dictionary of Music'', Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. . # In non-fugal compositions, a ''stretto'' (also sometimes spelled ''stretta'') is a passage, often at the end of an aria or Movement (music), movement, in faster tempo. Examples include the end of Franz Liszt's Transcendental Étude No. 10 (Liszt), transcendental etude No.10, the end of the last movement of Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven), Fifth Symphony; measure 227 of Frédéric Chopin, Chopin's Ballade No. 3 (Chopin), Ballade No. 3; measures 16, 17 and 18, of his Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin), Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stretto - Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Fugue No
In music, the Italian term ''stretto'' (plural: ''stretti'') has two distinct meanings: # In a fugue, ''stretto'' (german: Engführung) is the imitation of the subject in close succession, so that the answer enters before the subject is completed.Apel, Willi, ed. (1969). ''Harvard Dictionary of Music'', Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. . # In non-fugal compositions, a ''stretto'' (also sometimes spelled ''stretta'') is a passage, often at the end of an aria or movement, in faster tempo. Examples include the end of Franz Liszt's transcendental etude No.10, the end of the last movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; measure 227 of Chopin's Ballade No. 3; measures 16, 17 and 18, of his Prelude No. 4 in E minor; and measure 25 of his Etude Op. 10, No. 12, "The Revolutionary." Fugal stretto The term ''stretto'' comes from the Italian past participle of '' stringere'', and means "na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
