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Perpetuum Mobile
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Perpetuum Mobile 

(moto perpetuo), a 19th-century term for a virtuoso instrumental music piece, the melody of which is developed in notes of short duration at a tempo that is rapid throughout. The most widely known of these virtuoso pieces are Mendelssohn’s Perpetuum mobile for piano (Opus 119) and N. Paganini’s Moto perpetuo: Allegro de concert for violin and orchestra (Opus 11).
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Switching between outrageous parody and intense expression, it hopped from baroque dance to pompous march, swooning waltz to dizzying moto perpetuo with manically strummed cellos giving way to Mahlerian elegy, all delivered in pristine detail and superb tone.
culture: Orchestral harmony at Sage by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The first movement, something of a moto perpetuo, showed her - and the orchestra's - considerable energy.
PHILIP KEY'S Arts Diary: MUSIC Chester Philharmonic by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The first movement, something of a moto perpetuo, showed her - and the orchestra's - considerable energy.
Arts: Major works is a triumph by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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