Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, humorous; sportive; playful: noting passages to be so rendered.
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- adjective music
merry ;playful .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was like the boy who had to spell "giocoso" and, knowing it was Italian, began with a "j."
Archive 2006-06-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Nel giorno del Ringraziamento, alla parata annuale di Macy, si sviluppa un giocoso litigio fra Stewie Griffin ed il supereroe classico Underdog.
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Ciò detto, preparatevi ad una clip che vi farà sentire allegri, o quanto meno meglio di quanto stavate prima, anche grazie ad un brano giocoso.
No Fat Clips!!! : Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family – 1973 2008
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I could see it with Don Giovanni, which is, after all, a dramma giocoso.
Archive 2008-02-01 Patrick J. Smith 2008
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I could see it with Don Giovanni, which is, after all, a dramma giocoso.
Harnoncourt's Figaro Patrick J. Smith 2008
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True to Mozart's intention to present the incorrigible libertine as a dramma giocoso - a funny drama - Erwin Schrott was a charismatic and riveting Don Juan, while Kyle Ketelsen's Leporello, the Don's comic and unwilling manservant, stole all the rest of the scenes.
Don Giovanni Young Geoffrion 2007
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Questo giocoso ma acuto cartone mostra che, anche se Zio Sam è stato una mela marcia, ultimamente, sta in effetti seguendo un percorso che affonda nella notte dei tempi.
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True to Mozart's intention to present the incorrigible libertine as a dramma giocoso - a funny drama - Erwin Schrott was a charismatic and riveting Don Juan, while Kyle Ketelsen's Leporello, the Don's comic and unwilling manservant, stole all the rest of the scenes.
Archive 2007-11-01 Young Geoffrion 2007
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Don Giovanni, described by Mozart and Da Ponte as a "Dramrna giocoso," has been brainwashed even more thoroughly than The Magic Flute by the intervening generations of those who loved their opera unwisely but too well.
An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977
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"Don Giovanni" was a dramma giocoso; in the better sense of the phrase, a playful drama -- a lyric comedy.
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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