A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Pomposo

by J. A. Fuller-Maitland

POMPOSO, 'pompously,' is used by Schumann in the Humoreske, op. 20, for pianoforte. He marks the last movement but one 'Mit einigem Pomp,' or 'Un poco pomposo.' Handel had employed the term a century before in the first movement of the overture to Samson. It is also used by Sterndale Bennett as the title of the trio in the Symphony G minor, op. 43.

[ J. A. F. M. ]