Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In musical notation, a sign or verbal direction indicating the desired mode of rendering or expression, such as , staccato, ritenuto, etc.
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Without going so far as that, one may say that it would be hard to carry out Sir Edward Elgar's favourite expression-mark nobilmente on the concertina.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921
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