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Intimately, with deep inner feeling.
Innig is a uniquely German expression marking that has no exact Italian equivalent. It suggests music played from the deepest part of the soul — private, tender, profoundly personal. Schumann uses it frequently.
Schumann's "Fantasiestücke," Op. 12 — "Des Abends" is marked "Innig," evoking the tender intimacy of evening.
Innig is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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