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Ribattuta

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Ribattuta or Ribattuta di gola is a musical ornament found in Italian and German works of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Execution

The ornament is a trill on a long-short dotted rhythm accelerating to end on either a tremolo or a regular trill.
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Nomenclature

Italian: ribattuta (f) di gola
German: der Zurückschlag or der gedehnte oder punctirte Triller (Mattheson)
English: ribattuta
French: ribattuta (f) or tour de gosier (Marpurg) or cadence pleine à progression (Lacassagne) or double cadence (Bérard-Blanchet)

References

Ribattuta Wikipedia