tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post5884051831989821492..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Robert Maddox-Harle writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-22006013411046092262018-11-16T13:49:25.955-08:002018-11-16T13:49:25.955-08:00Tempo ("time" in Italian) is the speed o...Tempo ("time" in Italian) is the speed or pace of a given piece of music. In classical pieces it is customary to describe the tempo by one or more words, most commonly in Italian, because that was the language of most prominent composers during the time (the 1600s) these descriptions became commonplace. Before that time musicians had no way of knowing the composer's intentions. The indication of tempo became increasingly popular during the first half of the 19th century, after Johann Nepomuk Maelzel patented his metronome in 1815 (though he actually just added a scale to a machine invented by Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel a year earlier). Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the 1st composers to use the instrument, and he published metronomic indications for his 1st 8 symphonies. Adagio ("joy" or "at ease" in Italian) indicates a slow tempo with great expression (66–76 beats per minute); andante (from "andare," to go) is faster, at a walking pace (76–108 bpm). DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com