{"id":190,"date":"2018-08-28T21:21:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T21:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=190"},"modified":"2019-04-14T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T16:55:06","slug":"episode-4-the-language-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"Episode 4 &#8211; The Language of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 4 &amp;#8211; The Language of Music\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-08-28T21:21:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT21M03S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I talk about Italian, and specifically about the Italian words used in Western classical music. I investigate why Italian is used, look at some of the words, and find out what they mean and how they are used in Italian.\n\nHere are the ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"19.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7799\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-190-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=190-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode04.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I talk about Italian, and specifically about the Italian words used in Western classical music. I investigate why Italian is used, look at some of the words, and find out what they mean and how they are used in Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the words featured:<\/p>\n<h2>Words for musical compositions and parts of them<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Word<\/th>\n<th>Musical meaning<\/th>\n<th>Other meanings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>opera<\/td>\n<td>a drama set to music with singing and orchestral accompaniment<\/td>\n<td>work, action, deed, piece of work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>concerto<\/td>\n<td>a work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra<\/td>\n<td>concert, performance, gig, show<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>cadenza<\/td>\n<td>a florid solo at the end of a performance<\/td>\n<td>cadence, rhythm, intonation, frequency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>aria<\/td>\n<td>an accompanied, elaborate melody sung by a single voice<\/td>\n<td>air, look, manner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Words for tempo (time)<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Word<\/th>\n<th>Musical meaning<\/th>\n<th>Other meanings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>adagio<\/td>\n<td>slow<\/td>\n<td>slowly, with care, gently; adage, saying; easy does it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>largo<\/td>\n<td>slow and dignified<\/td>\n<td>wide, broad, loose, big, large, open sea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>andante<\/td>\n<td>moderately slow, flowing along<\/td>\n<td>current, cheap, second-rate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>allegro<\/td>\n<td>moderately fast<\/td>\n<td>cheerful, bright, lively; merry, tipsy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>presto<\/td>\n<td>very fast<\/td>\n<td>soon, quickly, fast, early<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Words for dynamics (volume)<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Word<\/th>\n<th>Musical meaning<\/th>\n<th>Other meanings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>piano<\/td>\n<td>soft<\/td>\n<td>flat, level, smooth; straightforward, simple, clear, plain; slowly, carefully, softly, quietly; plane, top, surface<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>forte<\/td>\n<td>loud<\/td>\n<td>strong, bright, heavy, hard, large, big, considerable; amazing, great; fast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>crescendo<\/td>\n<td>becoming louder<\/td>\n<td>growing up, raising<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>diminuendo<\/td>\n<td>becoming softer<\/td>\n<td>decreasing, falling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Modifiers<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Word<\/th>\n<th>Musical meaning<\/th>\n<th>Other meanings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mezzo<\/td>\n<td>moderately<\/td>\n<td>means, way, half, middle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>molto<\/td>\n<td>very<\/td>\n<td>a lot, much, many, a great deal, very<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>meno<\/td>\n<td>less<\/td>\n<td>less, least, minus, except<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pi\u00f9<\/td>\n<td>more<\/td>\n<td>more, plus, several<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ma non troppo<\/td>\n<td>but not too much<\/td>\n<td>but not too much<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>More details of Italian musical terms<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-all-the-composers-using-Italian-terminology-in-music\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-all-the-composers-using-Italian-terminology-in-music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other meanings come from <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/italian-english\/\">Reverso<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about Italian<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/italian.htm\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/italian.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A discussion on why opera singers tend to be quite stout:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-so-many-opera-singers-stout-or-heavy-set-Does-it-provide-some-sort-of-competitive-advantage\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-are-so-many-opera-singers-stout-or-heavy-set-Does-it-provide-some-sort-of-competitive-advantage<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tunes featured in this episode<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/360444442&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">make a donation<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"FFN2KV3PQBF5Q\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/btn\/btn_donate_LG.gif\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_GB\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 4 &amp;#8211; 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I investigate why Italian is used, look at some of the words, and find out what they mean and how they are used in Italian. 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