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The meaning of repiano (fwd)

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Subject: The meaning of repiano (fwd)
From: Nigel Horne <njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 21:56:13 GMT
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> From: Shaun Mundy <srm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'brassband' <listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: The meaning of repiano
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 11:26:00 GMT
> 
> The following definition nelow comes from the
> Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music.
> 
> I was forced (!) to look it up after being questioned
> by a 'rather forward young orchestral trumpet player'
> who was attending s Sun Life Band Youth Workshop
> and was experiencing brass bands for the first time !
> 
> Ripieno. Replenished, supplementary.
> The term is used in older music to make a distinction
> between passages to be played by the full body
> and others to be played by a group of soloists,
> or Concertante.
> The term is in this sense still used in English Brass
> Bands, generally misspelt  Ripiano or Repiano.
> Also used of a supplementary choral body.

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