A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Accelerando

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1501340A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — AccelerandoGeorge GroveEbenezer Prout

ACCELERANDO (Ital.). Gradually quickening the time. In the finale to his quartett in A minor (op. 132) Beethoven is not satisfied with the Italian, but has added above it ‘immer geschwinder.’

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