attacca
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun In music, begin! a direction to proceed with a succeeding movement immediately, without pause.
Examples
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He likes to perform it, attacca, without pause, after the similarly ubiquitous Pavane pour une infante defunte, so that the breathless snare drum rhythm creeps in almost before you notice it is there.
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Rattle got right to it, giving the other movements the attacca treatment, including Ulricht, sung with disarming clarity by the Argentinian mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink.
Note
This word comes from the Italian 'attaccare,' to tie.
