Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 2000/09

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] translation and spelling (misspelling) in music dictiona
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:29:24 -0400

> But one that floors me is how often printed music, textbooks,
> dictionaries, etc. misspell "leggero" - it is not "leggiero"
> and, to my knowledge, never has been. I have checked my Italian
> dictionaries more than once, wondering if my sight or mental faculties
> were failing, but it seems that "leggiero" is indeed incorrect.

According to several dictionaries of musical terms which I consulted, the
term may be spelled "leggero" or "leggiero." Some give one spelling as
preferred, others prefer the other one. The Harvard Brief Dictionary of
Music says that "leggiero" is an obsolete spelling of the current Italian
word, "leggero." But after all, when have we as musicians ever been
concerned because we were using obsolete or otherwise obscure or arcane
words?

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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