primo – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term primo in music:

first (ordinal number)
chief, principal

Language

Italian

Singular

primo (m)prima (f)

Plural

primi (m)prime (f)

Abbreviation

1º

Alt. abbreviations

1.1o1^mo1moIºI.I^mo

Synonyms

(1) prima(2) prima

Italian musical terms that include primo:

a primo tempo – in the first tempo (the original tempo of the piec...
a tempo primo – in the first tempo (the original tempo of the piec...
allegro come primo – fast as in the beginning
atto primo – first act
canto primo – first song (designation for a passage in a larger ...
come primo – like the first (tempo)
corno primo – first horn
flauto primo – first flute
moto primo – first tempo
primo dito – first finger...
primo grado – first degree (the tonic of a scale)
primo musico – first musician (term denoting a female singer perf...
primo solo – principal solo (solo performed by the lead player ...
primo tempo – first tempo
primo uomo – primo uomo (principal male singer in an opera or o...
quadro primo – first act
sino al tempo primo – until the first tempo
soprano primo – first soprano
tempo primo – first tempo, at the same speed as at first
violino primo – first violin (the primary violin role in an orches...

Music scores that include primo:

Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (1886) Page 2
Claude Debussy: 2 Arabesques (1890‑1891) Page 5
Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 2
Franco Alfano: Suite romantica (1910) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847) Page 4
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1841) Page 7
Johan Svendsen: Andante funèbre (1894) Page 1
Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 5
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928) Page 2
Pietro Mascagni: Iris (1898) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to primo:

decima – tenth (ordinal number)...
decimo – tenth (ordinal number)...
dodicesima – twelfth (ordinal number)...
dodicesimo – twelfth (ordinal number)...
nona – ninth (interval of nine degrees, equal to an octav...
nono – ninth (ordinal number)...
ottava – eighth (ordinal number)...
ottavo – eighth (ordinal number)...
prima – first (ordinal number)...
quarta – fourth (ordinal number)...
quarto – fourth (ordinal number)...
quattordicesima – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
quattordicesimo – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
quindicesima – fifteenth (ordinal number)...
quindicesimo – fifteenth (ordinal number)...
quinta – fifth (ordinal number)...
quinto – fifth (ordinal number)...
seconda – second (ordinal number)...
secondo – second (ordinal number)...
sedicesima – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
sedicesimo – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
sesta – sixth (ordinal number)...
sesto – sixth (ordinal number)...
settima – seventh (ordinal number)...
settimo – seventh (ordinal number)...
terza – third (ordinal number)...
terzo – third (ordinal number)...
tredicesima – thirteenth (ordinal number)...
tredicesimo – thirteenth (ordinal number)...
undicesima – eleventh (ordinal number)...
undicesimo – eleventh (ordinal number)...