Pungent Stench - Madcatmachopsychoromantik

Therefore, due to the undisputed dominance of Italy in music, it should not be surprising that the existing musical terms are all Italian. Mozart and his colleagues would never have thought of translating into German the names of the parts of a symphony or piano concerto. Beethoven principally gave individual parts of his compositions Italian names. And only very rarely did he depart from this rule, supplementing Italian terms with German words. Only Robert Schumann began to indicate the pace and names of the parts in German, later Gustav Mahler came to this too. But for the rest, they continued to use Italian terms, as did the vast majority of other composers around the world. USAs, Czechs, Finns, British, Americans - all equally use the words “allegro”, “andante” or “vivace”. Even the French,who attach great importance to the sovereignty of their language, with rare exceptions call parts of their symphonies and concerts in Italian.