Lontano

The musical performance instruction lontano ( Italian: "distant") indicates that a passage is to be performed by a musician who is, for example, behind the stage or outside the lecture room, so that the sound impression is clearly different from the musicians acting directly on the stage.

Examples

• Charles Ives : The Unanswered Question for trumpet, four flutes and string quartet
• György Ligeti : Lontano for large orchestra

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