Pianto
In music, the pianto (en:crying) is the motif of a descending minor second, has represented laments and been associated textually with weeping, sighing (called the Mannheim sigh by Hugo Riemann); or pain, grief, etc.; since the 16th century.[1] For example the passus duriusculus.[1] "It was present equally in vocal and instrumental music."[1]
See also
- Lament bass
Sources
- ^ a b c Monelle, Raymond (2000). The Sense of Music: Semiotic Essays, p.17. ISBN 978-0-691-05716-3.
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Motifs
- BACH motif
- C. F. E. BACH motif
- Cross motif
- Dresden amen
- DSCH motif
- Sacher hexachord
- Schoenberg hexachord
- Cruciform melody
- Figure
- Fortspinnung
- Leitmotif
- Musical cryptogram
- Ostinato
- Pianto
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