con lamento

Italian composer

Definition

With lamentation; in a mournful, lamenting style.

Interpretive Guidance

In Cum mortuis in lingua mortua, this direction asks for a hushed, hollow tone. Keep the dynamic very low and let silences speak — this is music for the dead.

Context

Scope Used by Modest Mussorgsky
Language Italian

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