In music, the movement or flow of a composition, especially in fugal writing; the general development of a musical theme.
From Italian 'andamento' meaning 'motion' or 'gait,' from Latin 'andare' meaning 'to go,' imported directly into musical terminology.
Baroque composers obsessed over 'andamento'—how a fugal subject could develop and transform while maintaining its essential character, like watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly!
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