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agogics

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agogics
the theory that accent within a musical phrase can also be expressed by modifying the duration of certain notes rather than only by modifying dynamic stress. — agogic, adj.
See also: Music


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The Slavic expansiveness is very effective, but the soloist never goes over the top and emphasises the lyrical nuances more with dynamics than agogics.
Vivid sound colour combines here with deeply, perfectly felt agogics and brilliant work with tempo has endowed Dvorak's music with a surprisingly extensive and free space for what the listener expects in the romantic "landscape behind the music".
It is also clear that the conductor was not holding back from great contrasts in dynamics, expression and in tempos, that he was not afraid of agogics, accelerandos, expansive sound, mystery and an almost frenzied excitement--in other words romanticism with all that it involves.
 
 
 
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