The chief innovation in Stamitz's symphonic works is their four-movement structure : fast-slow-minuet and trio-dashing Presto or Prestissimo finale.
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Some galops were also written by Nino Rota . �mile Waldteufel also wrote several galops, of which " Prestissimo " ( 1877 ) is particularly famous.
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When the words come, they come in prestissimo flashes, especially in the first half of the piece; the composer's machine-gun image is apt.
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But this is done in a two-page conspiratorial allegro, " presto, prestissimo, prestississimo, " tucked in between the great recognition duet and the curtain.
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Rarely can the piano have sounded so loud in Fisher Hall, and rarely so fast _ dizzyingly fast in the prestissimo middle section of the slow movement, and yet in perfect order and control.
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The movement's " B " section is in D minor ( the relative minor of F major ) and marked " allegro vivace assai " or " prestissimo ", depending on the edition.
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Finally, in the key of F-sharp major, there is a crescendo of prestissimo octaves, which ascend and then descend to cover almost the entire range of the keyboard and bringing the Rhapsody to a conclusion.
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The Air begins with the pensive question " But who may abide " and continues, in a sharp shift of time and tempo " Prestissimo ", with the statement " For He is like a refiner's fire ".
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There are a number of seemingly subjective adjectives placed throughout the article, but again I strive for accurate depictions and I have eschewed any description that cannot be universally approved ( such as saying " Prestissimo " is fast ).
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The fact that a tempo marking that readers of the printed score simply know as " prestissimo " ( a rare term in Beethoven ) is expanded in pencil from the original ink " presto " likewise strikes Taub as powerfully suggestive.
