Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 1996/07

From: Michael Dennison <wmd@-----.UK>
Subj: Stentando
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 07:50:02 -0400

>According to my Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music (EVERY MUSICIAN WHO
>CONSIDERS HIM/HERSELF SERIOUS SHOULD HAVE ONE AT LEAST THIS COMPLETE),
>there is no such word as Stentando.

Dear Fred

Sorry to take issue but my less than serious Oxford Companion (Scholes) has
this to say:

STENTARE - to 'labour', to play in a laborious way. So Stentando,
'labouring', 'retarding'; Stentatamento, Stentato, etc.

BTW, the word Stendento you mention appears also as Stendendo.

Michael