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Sostenuto   Listen
adjective
Sostenuto  adj.  (Mus.) Sustained; applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.






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"Sostenuto" Quotes from Famous Books



... minor, measure common, One and two and three and four and— Every hoof-beat half a second Every hoof-beat linked with heart-beat, Every heart-beat nearer bursting. Andantino sostenuto: In the downpour or the dryness, Hottest summer, coldest winter; Sick and sore and old and feeble, Hourly, hourly; daily, daily, From the sunrise to the setting; From the setting to the sunrise Scarce a break in all the circle For the rough and scanty eating, For the scant and muddy drinking, For ...
— The Golden Silence • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... coda is repeated in extended form. In the next movement (Largo e sostenuto) sombre tones still prevail; the key is that of the dominant minor. There is evident kinship between the first and last movements; of this the opening bar of the former and the closing bars of the latter offer ...
— The Pianoforte Sonata - Its Origin and Development • J.S. Shedlock



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