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  • Rubato is necessary in emotional music and is an excellent means of picturing longing, persuading, dreaming, _et cetera_.

    Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • Rubato, is illustrated with many examples from well-known compositions, by which the principle is explained.

    Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Harriette Brower 1898

  • _Rubato_ literally means "robbed," and it is generally supposed that the peculiarity of Chopin's style consisted simply in this, that he prolonged certain notes in a bar at the expense of the others -- robbing from one what he gave to his neighbor.

    Chopin and Other Musical Essays Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

  • Rubato must be introduced in a very sparing manner, and always in such a way as not to destroy the rhythm of the period as a whole.

    The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations 1874

  • But it's Ernö von Dohnányi's Andante Rubato alla Zingaresca that I think holds the essence of the real thing and our response to it: that shivering, flexible, mesmeric magic and the intangible longing for a heart deeper and wilder than our own.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • In their relation to the Electronica scene, you might say my Rubato CDs were strategically somehow my own "Dazzle Ships" guaranteed to sink or be lost at sea.

    new debug sitecombined feed Sven von Thülen 2010

  • Rees 'mum Jean will be at the Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea to see the piece, which is produced by Berlin-based dance company Rubato, whom Rees worked with on his solo show, Gloria Days, which paid tribute to the flamboyant fifth Marquis of Anglesey, Henry Cyril Paget.

    WalesOnline - Home 2009

  • In 1985 he founded Rubato in Berlin together with Jutta Hell.

    WalesOnline - Home 2009

  • Mr. Shank had two other passions besides jazz, his wife said, sailboat racing and his three dogs: Andante, Allegro and Rubato.

    BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS 2009

  • Mr. Shank had two other passions besides jazz, his wife said, sailboat racing and his three dogs: Andante, Allegro and Rubato.

    Beautiful Horizons 2009

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