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Sotto voce (music)

Index Sotto voce (music)

In music, sotto voce (Italian for "under the voice") is a dramatic lowering of the vocal or instrumental volume — not necessarily ''pianissimo'', but a definitely hushed tonal quality. [1]

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Dynamics (music)

In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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Lacrimosa (Requiem)

The Lacrimosa (Latin for "weeping", also a name that derives from Our Lady of Sorrows, a title given to Mary, mother of Jesus) is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Nocturnes, Op. 48 (Chopin)

The Nocturnes, Op.

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Requiem (Mozart)

The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven)

The String Quartet No.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotto_voce_(music)

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