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Title: M.D.C.
Post by: Flurmy on 2012-12-04 07:55 AM
At the end of a movement I found the acronym M.D.C.
What does it means?

My best guess: "movimento da capo". (Do you need translation? :-)
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: Peter Edwards on 2012-12-04 11:33 AM
mezzo da capo – half way back to the beginning.
molto da capo – even further back than the beginning!
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: Rick G. on 2012-12-04 11:58 AM
1600 (as opposed to 42)
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: Warren Porter on 2012-12-04 12:29 PM
molto da capo – even further back than the beginning!
Do the previous piece on the program.
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: Flurmy on 2012-12-04 01:11 PM
mai da capo - nevermore :-)

But out of joke?
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: William Ashworth on 2012-12-05 04:59 AM
What's the exact situation, Maurizio? What style and/or era of music? Instrumentation? Native language of composer? Is it the last movement, or an internal movement? AFAIK, it's not a standard abbreviation, but we might be able to figure it out if we knew a little more.
Title: Re: M.D.C.
Post by: Flurmy on 2012-12-05 07:29 AM
Bill, I found it in Mozart: horn quintett, one of the internal movements.
But what relieves me the most is "it's not a standard abbreviation".
That's already consoling. ;-) Thank you.