Klarinet Archive - Posting 000746.txt from 1997/04

From: Ronald Silvester <silvestr@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Repieno
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 00:34:34 -0400

Don:

Yes, I would imagine "REPIENO" means 1st
(as opposed to "solo").

As for the "translation" of the term, it
turns out "REPI_A_NO" and "R_I_PIENO" are
a perfectly good modern English words. The
following are some entries I found:

1) The New Harvard Dictionary of Music
(1986):

Repiano: [fr. *ripieno]. In some bands, a
cornet or clarinet player other than the
principal player [see Brass band]

Brass band: An ensemble composed entirely
of brass instruments; especially one
consisting of 24 or 25 players including
1 E flat soprano cornet; 1 *REPIANO; 4 or
5 solo, 2 second, and 1 or 2 third B flat
cornets...

Ripieno [It.]. (1) Played with double
parts; *tutti. (2) In a baroque concerto
grosso, the larger ensemble, as distinct
from the soloists [see Concerto (2) I, 1;
see also REPIANO]

2) Webster's Rather Verbose Third New Inter-
national Dictionary (1986):

ripieno: [It, filled up, stuffed,
supplementary...] 1: of or relating to a
musical instrument or performer serving
solely to swell the mass of an orchestra;
supplementary. 2. tutti.

3) Concise Oxford (1993/on CD-ROM):

ripieno n. (pl. -os or ripieni) Mus.
a body of accompanying instruments in
baroque concerto music.
Etymology It. (as re-, pieno full)

Regards,

Ronald Silvester

>>Don Gross wrote at 09:43 EDT on 23 April 1997
>>Don Gross escribi=F3 a las 21:43, Hora Estival del Este,
del 23 de abril de 1997:

>>I'm assuming "repieno" is the equivalent of 1st clarinet,
>>but what's the actual translation.

   
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