zoppahttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoppa_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoppa, adj.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zoppaadjective

Music.
  1. 1740–
    (See quots.) Frequently in alla zoppa.
    1. 1740
      Zoppo, lame..hopping;..Hence..they call those counter-points.. Contrapunti alla Zoppa... One is obliged to place in each bar to the subject given one note between two others..which, when it comes to be played.., by the frequent syncopes, seems to proceed..in a jumping manner.
      J. Grassineau, translation of S. De Brossard, Musical Dictionary 343
    2. 1889
      Zoppa, alla, a term applied to a rhythm in which the second quaver in a bar of 2–4 time is accentuated.
      G. Grove, Dictionary of Music vol. IV. 514/1
    3. 1959
      Alla zoppa,..in a limping manner, syncopated.
      Collins Mus. Encyclopedia 17/1
    4. 1963
      Once heard, in closing gavotte, with the crisp, jaunty, and insinuating appoggiaturas of the kind called zoppa, hangs in the mind for ever after.
      Times 25 February 5/1

zoppa, adj. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zoppa, adj. was last modified in December 2024.