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Old Mar 29 2008, 7:48 AM
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I concur with jujimufu. The reason composers combine native tongue with Italian is to make their scores as understandable as possible. Ultimately, that's what notation is about; conveying what you consider important as clearly as is possible. If your performers are going to be mainly English-speaking, it doesn't make sense to use extended Italian terms any more than it does to write 'decrease' when you want someone to get quieter.
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