A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Timidamente

TIMIDAMENTE. The indication written by Beethoven in his MS. of the Mass in D at the well-known passage in the 'Agnus' where the trumpets produce their thrilling effect—'Ah Miserere!' etc.; but changed by the engravers of the first score and subsequent editions to 'Tramidamente.' The mistake was corrected in Breitkopf's critical edition.

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