secondon.
/səˈkɒndəʊ/ Music.
In a pianoforte duet, the lower part; the pianist who plays this part.
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1792 J. A. K. Colizzi Three Duets for Two Performers on Harpsichord or Piano Forté 2 Secondo.
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 30/2 In pianoforte duets..Secondo or 2 do is put over that [sc. the part] for the ‘bass’ [player].
1954 K. Dale 19th-Cent. Piano Mus. xii. 286 The playing of six quavers in a bar by primo against four by secondo throughout the whole of the trio section cannot have been altogether easy for the young performer.
1965 Listener 1 July 33/3 Britten's rhythmic control as secondo balancing and counteracting Richter's natural genius as primo.
1976 Gramophone Jan. 1218/1 The technical level of accomplishment, particularly on the part of the secondo player, is not all it should be.
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