>In Vivaldi's day, they generally didn't write directions into the scores
> > But that particular musical direction is "con dolcessa," no?
>
> No, "con dolcezza" (pron. [kondol'tSets:a]).
>
> "Con dolcessa" (or actually "côn dôlcèssa", pron. [ku~dultSEsa]) is how it
> would be spelled in my own dialect, Milanese.
>
> But I really coudn't imagine Vivaldi writing down musical directions as my
> grocer would. :-)