"Sostenuto" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in D major, begins with the intoning of the motto of Oberon's magic horn, and then follows a passage for muted strings (piano e adagio sostenuto) and for delicate combinations of the wood-wind instruments, which gives us a picture of the moonlit glens of fairyland, peopled with airy spirits. The vision is dispelled by a sudden ff chord for full orchestra which, from its ...
— Music: An Art and a Language • Walter Raymond Spalding |
