what does "adagio molto - allegro con brio" mean?

Question

it is the title for the first part of beethoven's first symphony. they're musical terms but what do they mean. i'm a first-time listener of beethoven, any suggestions on his music?

Answer 1

The terms, usually in Italian, German or sometimes English, are the composer's instructions to the performers regarding the speed and manner in which the composition should be performed.

In many, if not most cases, the first thing the composer does is to tell performers about the tempo, or speed at which the music is to be performed. In the case you present, Adagio means slow or even very slow and Allegro means fast.

The other terms are modifiers, that is they say something about the just how slow or fast, or about the feeling of the music.

The first indication, Adagio Molto, means slow -very, In other words, very slowly. The second indication, Allegro Con Brio, asks the performers to go fast with "con brio" literally meaning "with noise" which is usually interpreted to mean "with gusto" or "with spirit"

These terms are all very subjective. What does "fast" mean precisely? Performance tradition guides performers to some extent. In more recent times, composers add or substitute metronome marks (MM). The metronome is a mechanical device that can accurately measure how long a quarter note, or eight note or any note should last depending on how many of them occur per minute.

A MM of ./=180 would be very fast with three beats per seconds, or 180 beats per minute, for example.

Beethoven had a metronome and used it, but there was apparently something wrong with his, because the MM marks frequently do not correspond with the written instructions. In those cases, the written instructions take precedent.

As you know from listening, Beethoven's first symphony follows a structural pattern that had been established by his predecessors, of having a slow introduction and then a lively symphonic movement (frequently so called "sonata allegro" form") as the opening movement of a symphony. That is why there are two, seemingly contradictory tempo instructions at the beginning of the piece.

Great question, by the way.

Answer 2

Adagio Music Definition

Answer 3

Adagio means slow
molto means very
"very slow"

allegro means upbeat, quick, cheerful
con brio means "with vigor"

It's latin and usually meant for the person performing the music. These terms are added to the sheet music to tell the performer how the composer wanted the score to be played.

This will help you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_terminology

Answer 4

Adagio molto - very slowly
Allegro con brio - lively with spirit
(and they're Italian not Latin)

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what does "adagio molto - allegro con brio" mean?
it is the title for the first part of beethoven's first symphony. they're musical terms but what do they mean. i'm a first-time listener of beethoven, any suggestions on his music?

Answer 6

adiago means slow, aaround walking pace. Molto means a lot.

so he wants a slow tempo with big sound, and a lot of force.

allegro means quickly, usually at around a tempo of 130 and up to like 150 or 160 bpm. con means with, and im not positave to brio, but i think it means something like lightly,

i would say that the two titles are like totall opposites, but icould be rong.

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