OT: Capitalization in tempo marks

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motet
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Post by motet » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:56 pm

For Italian tempo marks like "Allegro vivo", "Andante sostenuto", "Tempo di valzer", "Un poco più mosso", etc., what's the rule on capitalization? First word only? Nouns only?
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David Ward
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Post by David Ward » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:25 pm

First word only.
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Post by motet » Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:24 pm

How about "Iº Tempo"?
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Post by John Ruggero » Mon Aug 20, 2018 2:42 am

Tempo primo or Tempo I
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