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  • May 5, 2015 at 1:43 pm #187695
    Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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    The French Divertissement by Caplet has a truly puzzling marking. On the first page, it says “stentato” in a truly inappropriate place. It is followed by an “a Tempo.” I suspect the stentato was meant for the previous measure, which is marked “forte.” Therefore, the next measure should have been marked with some kind of ritardando. My instinct was always to play it as “held back” which a conductor agreed with. Does anyone have any input on this?

    May 17, 2015 at 11:25 pm #187883
    Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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    No one???

    September 29, 2026 at 12:05 pm #543379
    Mark Pfannschmidt
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    I’m just seeing this earlier post. Stentato was a term I had to look up. It can mean labored, heavy, sluggish. I think of it as dragging, which I think conveys a sense of slowing down, but without (much) diminuendo, as though you’re pulling against something that is resisting you. The right hand chords are played flat in this measure, and each of them is muffled.

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