Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a moderately quick tempo, usually considered to be slightly slower than allegro but faster than andante. Used chiefly as a direction.
- noun An allegretto passage or movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, quicker in time than andante, but not so quick as allegro.
- noun A movement in such time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mus.) Quicker than
andante , but not so quick asallegro .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb music A direction in musical notation indicating that the musical piece should be played rather fast and lively.
- noun music A
movement in this time.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of tempo) faster than allegro
- adverb in a moderately quick tempo
- noun a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
- noun a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Swiftness and clarity aside, one distinguishing feature was the limited use of string vibrato, now common practice but here especially effective in the seventh's allegretto, the not very slow "slow" movement.
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Chailly; Castor and Pollux– review 2011
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The minuet, which is marked allegretto, has the spirit and sound of a scherzo and ought to be played like one.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009
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The minuet, which is marked allegretto, has the spirit and sound of a scherzo and ought to be played like one.
Ashkenazy and Gaffigan Conduct the San Francisco Symphony Lisa Hirsch 2009
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I then switch my mind to playing internally the allegretto movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony before saying anything.
An Astronomical Perspective on Climate Change | Universe Today 2009
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He marked the movement allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo presto, pero non troppo adagio, cosi-cosi, con molto garbo ed espressione.
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HOFFMAN: Graceful allegretto but not too fast, but not too slow, so-so, with lots of elegance and expression.
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It's a minor tune in 6/8, a slow allegretto in the key of F.
Not anymore annabellee3 2004
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It ought to have been all gay, allegro, allegretto, in that sparkle of bright air and old roof surfaces.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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The intense, allegretto parts had my heart pounding -- though that could've been the timpani at work.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Wait, wait, wait. bradamant 2003
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