Born: December 14, 1873, LiègeDied: July 12, 1953, Sart-lez-Spa (age 79)
glossary
allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
andantino—faster than andante, slower than allegretto. Sometimes andantino is interpreted as the opposite: slower than andante
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
dolce, dolcemente—sweet, gentle; sweetly, gently
e [It]—and
finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
pastorale, pastoral—referring to the bucolic setting of shepherds, the countryside and an idealized relationship to nature