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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Another music one… It’s a cross-language eggcorn. “Moto perpetuo” means “perpetual motion”, and is used as a performance direction in music. This shows up very often as “molto perpetuo”, which would translate to “very perpetual”.
There are 175k Google hits for “moto perpetuo”and 1230 for “molto perpetuo”, including:
“This time we are going to be looking at part of the famous classical violin piece ‘Molto Perpetuo’ by Nicolo Paganini.” http://www.alloutguitar.com/education/l … o_perpetuo
“Best of all though, is the Paganini “Molto Perpetuo”.” http://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Cohler-C … B000001Z2I
“Molto perpetuo, in C major for violin & guitar (or orchestra), Op. 11, MS 72” http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/ … 783729&z=y
“Hi, has anyone heard of Paganini’s Molto Perpetuo for violin and piano??” http://forums.abrsm.org/lofiversion/ind … t6309.html
“A very powerful molto perpetuo which makes a great concert opener or closer.” http://www.gofishmusic.com/percens.html
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