A musical direction meaning to perform in a declamatory, emphatic, and rhetorical manner.
From Italian 'declamando,' derived from the Latin 'declamare.' A musical term borrowed directly from Italian to indicate expressive, speech-like delivery.
When a composer marks a passage 'declamando,' they want the musician to sound like they're giving a dramatic speech—blurring the line between music and spoken word.
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