Thomas Heilman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>Can anyone explain to me what it means when a conductor is said to employ
>>forte subito?

And Jonathan Knapp wrote:

>The phrase is actually "subito forte" which means "suddenly loud."

Not necessarily in that order.  I am looking at the score of Dohnanyi's
Rhapsody in C, and his notation is:  "p subito".  I can't see how the
order of the words really makes any difference.  Am I wrong??

Joel Hill
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