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Exalted, ecstatic.
Printed above the staff, usually after a tempo or character word (Presto tumultuoso esaltato), at the passage it describes; it lasts until the next character word.
Exalted, ecstatic: a heightened, overwhelming tone typical of Scriabin’s vocabulary of ecstasy. Use it for climaxes where brilliance and elation, not anger, should dominate; combined with a fast tempo it asks for exhilaration rather than aggression. Like other words of this kind, it depends on writing that already rises to the occasion.
Scriabin, Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53, m. 143: “Presto tumultuoso esaltato”, reached through “Allegro fantastico” and “molto accel.” three bars earlier.
Esaltato is one of 1755 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary: the words, abbreviations and instrument names that appear in printed scores, plus the vocabulary composers use to talk about them.
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