M.D.C.

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M.D.C.

13 years ago

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? :-)

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Reply #1 – 13 years ago

mezzo da capo – half way back to the beginning.
molto da capo – even further back than the beginning!

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Reply #2 – 13 years ago

1600 (as opposed to 42)

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Reply #3 – 13 years ago

Quote from: Peter Edwards – 13 years ago

molto da capo – even further back than the beginning!

Do the previous piece on the program.

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Reply #4 – 13 years ago

mai da capo - nevermore :-)

But out of joke?

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Reply #5 – 13 years ago

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.

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Reply #6 – 13 years ago

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.