Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a tempo variously construed as slightly faster or slower than andante. Used chiefly as a direction.
- noun An andantino passage or movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, somewhat slower than andante.
- noun Properly, a movement somewhat slower than andante, but more frequently a movement not quite so slow as andante.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mus.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb music A
tempo that is slighty faster thanandante but slower thanmoderato .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of tempo) moderately fast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The infectious vivace has twitchy outer sections surrounding a sobbing melody, while the andantino is a moving da capo aria for the violin.
News 2011
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Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai — Tempo I (Wiener Philharmoniker/Bernstein).
Last Fair Deal Gone Down Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) — Presto ma non assai — Tempo I (Wiener Philharmoniker/Bernstein).
Archive 2007-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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_Andante_ (going, or walking, as contrasted with running) and _andantino_ -- indicating a moderately slow tempo.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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The first four lines are andantino, the refrain allegro.
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They sang together, too, Summer selecting the songs, which were adagio and andantino, a trifle sad, and relating to love or religion.
Shehens` Houn` Dogs 1907
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I can find "no lack of affinity" between the andantino and presto.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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Then follows the slow movement, andantino and allegretto, bearing a motto,
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Yes, I think it IS very sweet -- and very solemn and impressive, if you get the andantino and the pianissimo right.
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I fancy that bravura singing was once his forte, which is even still perceptible in him, and so far as age admits of it he has a good chest and a long breath; and then his andantino!
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864
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