A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Pieno

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From volume 2 of the work.

2007384A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — PienoGeorge GroveJ. A. Fuller-Maitland

PIENO, 'full.' Examples of the use of this direction may be found in Handel's organ concerto, where 'Organo pieno' denotes that the organ part is to be played with full harmonies, as well as what is now called 'full,' i.e. with the full force of the stops.

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