Well. I wonder about terminology moving north!  Schutz spent loads of time in Venice.  Wrote those Italian madrigals.  Froberger influenced by italian toccatas ricercares etc. Muffat and Corelli.  Handel and italian everything. Bach and Vivaldi.  Caldara in Vienna. Pizza!!!  

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> On May 30, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Andrew Bernard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Claudio,
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> As an aside on this fascinating topic, since we are dealing with German
> music it seems, when, and indeed why, did the Germans start using Italian
> musical terms for dynamics? I have often wondered where and when this
> Italian terminology standardisation started.
> 
> Andrew
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