OSTINATO from *MUSICA UNIVERSALIS by Steve Shapiro

OSTINATO is a continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm. The term OSTINATO is from the Italian word for stubborn. It is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats. An ostinato repeats itself to such a degree that it’s very existence starts to disappear into the background.

Leonardo da Vinci had a motto - “Ostinato Rigore”, which means constant rigor - a stubborn, relentless and persevering work ethic. Once he started working on a project he would not let it rest until he had completed it.

“Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.”

“In time and with water, everything changes”

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

― Leonardo Da Vinci

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