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Definition of Rubatos
1. rubato [n] - See also: rubato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubatos
Literary usage of Rubatos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Understand Music: A Concise Course in Musical Intelligence and Taste by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1888)
"In order to keep together they are obliged to keep time, and abstain from the
endless and misleading rubatos from which solo performances are hardly ever ..."
2. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"... we may have rubatos on counts which, as here in Pange Lingua, have a special
character; and that character may be intimated in harmony, melody, ..."
3. Stars of the Opera: A Description of Operas & a Series of Personal by Mabel Wagnalls (1907)
"He sustains the climaxes and indulges in sentimental "rubatos," all of which is
a touch of naturalness skilfully introduced by the composer. ..."
4. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
""He required adherence," says another pupil, "to the strictest rhythm, hated all
lingering and dragging, misplaced rubatos and exaggerated ..."
5. Rhythm, Music and Education by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"rubatos, in walking, without losing his balance. In addition, different kinds of
walking are evoked by the different pace of musical phrases and adapted to ..."
6. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"... by sentimental rubatos. He demanded correctness, " ease and certainty, delicacy
and good taste, and above all the power of breathing life and emotion ..."
7. Music (1902)
"This combined with many later rubatos, deprived the fast movement of the cumulative
effect which it has when played more continuously. ..."
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