A musical direction meaning to perform in a calm, peaceful manner.
Italian musical term from 'calmo' (calm) with the adverbial suffix '-ato'. It entered English through classical music vocabulary to indicate tempo and style directions.
Italian composers embedded personality into their sheet music through words like 'calmato'—reading a score is like reading emotional stage directions that tell musicians exactly how to feel their way through the music.
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