A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lebhaft

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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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From volume 2 of the work.

1581722A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — LebhaftGeorge Grove

LEBHAFT, i.e. lively, the German equivalent for Vivace. Beethoven uses it, during his temporary preference for German terms, in Sonata op. 101, where we find the two directions 'Etwas lebhaft' etc. and 'Lebhaft, marschmässig,' which is exactly equivalent to 'Vivace à la marcia.' Schumann uses it constantly; 'Äusserst lebhaft' is Vivacissimo.

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