“seconda”

The following 2 entries include the term seconda.

seconda prattica

noun

: the innovative musical practice of the late 16th and early 17th centuries in Europe especially as to monodic style and freedom in dissonance treatment justified by the expressive setting of texts compare prima prattica

seconda volta

noun

: a second ending of a musical section performed only at the repetition of the section and with omission of the first ending


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