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Definition of Alla breve
1. Noun. A musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure.
Definition of Alla breve
1. Noun. (music) a time signature when the half note is the beat and there are two beats per measure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alla Breve
Literary usage of Alla breve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"But two-one and four-two time are frequently called great alla breve time, ...
This second or derived species of alla breve time is also called a cappella. ..."
2. My Path Through Life by Lilli Lehmann (1914)
"Mahler made the same mistake in the Mask trio, without the alla breve sign, but
there I promptly vetoed it, and I think he never again fell back, ..."
3. Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher: Adapted to Self-instruction, Both for by Gottfried Weber (1841)
"The last two signs are frequently used also for the large alla-breve measure,
... The 2 measure also is sometimes called alla-breve measure; by the by, ..."
4. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1900)
"Second—The use of the "alla breve." Third—The dependence upon words to ...
Fourth—The use of C for common time, or the same mark crossed for alla breve. ..."
5. On Conducting =: (Ueber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the by Richard Wagner, Edward Dannreuther (1887)
"But, for my poor narrative about the Pope at Rome, the conductor thought two
timid alla breve beats sufficient—so that the members of the orchestra might be ..."
6. The Septonate and the Centralization of the Tonal System: A New View of the by Julius Klauser (1890)
"... all the above measures to be dual and not triple. The units of these measures
are as follows: Ex. 35. a). d.) and alla breve and alla breve c). or or ..."
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