| 41. | The sole?can be played rubato, that is, slowing down and speeding up the tempo to enrich its expressive quality.
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| 42. | The group strung together old and new themes, some of them spacey, rubato versions of gospel and hard-bop melodies.
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| 43. | "Midnight on the Water " is a beautiful rubato song with a plaintive, insistent drone and a sad melody.
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| 44. | The song is an example of Mercury's familiarity with rubato phrasing, showcasing his classical piano influences, notably by Beethoven.
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| 45. | The movement is very emotional and is often played with rubato that would be found in later composers such as Schumann and Brahms.
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| 46. | His playing is unsentimental and elegant, but with a rubato that marks him as coming from an essentially early twentieth century aesthetic.
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| 47. | He is already a fine melodist, and the importance of the slow sections, done with persuasive rubato, seemed to mount continuously.
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| 48. | On the other hand, a rubato player is clearly making the music his very own, producing it entirely out of his feelings.
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| 49. | The " Rhapsody " s tempos vary widely, and there is an almost extreme use of rubato in many places throughout.
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| 50. | Mercury's lead vocal features lot of " special effects " ( voice, rubato-ized rhythms, ornaments, slides ).
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