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Fast. The standard German equivalent of Allegro or Vivace.
Used by German and Austrian composers, especially from the late Romantic period onward. Schnell implies straightforward speed without the specific character connotations of Allegro ("cheerful").
Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern use Schnell throughout their scores. Webern's Symphony Op. 21, second movement variations include "Sehr schnell" passages.
Schnell 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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