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How is nobile played?
The performer aims for a noble, elevated bearing: dignified phrasing, fullness of tone and an unforced sense of grandeur. It appears as nobile or, more commonly, in the adverbial form nobilmente ('in a noble fashion'). The marking nobilmente is closely and almost exclusively associated with Edward Elgar, who used it for themes of particular emotional intensity in his concertos and symphonies (he did not, despite the popular image, mark the Pomp and Circumstance marches with it). It is a character direction rather than a tempo.
How does nobile sound?
Dignified and elevated — broad, warm music carrying an unforced nobility.
In context
Glossed as 'in a noble fashion'. The adverbial nobilmente is strongly associated with Edward Elgar, who first published it in the piano transcription of 'Nimrod' (Enigma Variations) and in the Cockaigne overture, reserving it for emotionally intense themes in his concertos and symphonies.