Sforzando #268

It’s an Italian word used in English. Stay tuned, keep on reading.

Coda – # 221.

It’s an English word that comes from the Italian language from Latin “Cauda”. About the meaning, you should check after the jump (it’s free, I swear..).

Oscar – # 217

Last night it was the night of the Oscars. Unfortunately there was only one Italian nominated and he wasn’t an actor or a director. Stay tuned.

174 – Sotto voce.

Everybody yells. You turn on the TV and here they are; people speaking super fast, screaming at each other, pretending to be honest and spontaneous. We forgot that  silence is “gold” and if one has to speak, it should be “ex professo” (“with awareness of the facts” in English) and with a nice tone of voice.

# 129 – Guido d’Arezzo.

I know, with that name he could only be Italian (from Arezzo , Tuscany) but he was not just an other “Guido”; he was the guy that changed music for ever.

#93 – Tempo, maestro!

Italian is music and music is written in Italian.

The majority of the musical terms used in English are Italian (pardonne-moi mon ami francais… -sorry I can’t find le cedille-) for the early  composers during the Renaissance period,