Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In moderate tempo that is slower than allegretto but faster than andante. Used chiefly as a direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, at a moderate pace or tempo; when combined with other terms, moderately: as, allegro moderato, moderately fast. Abbreviated modern
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.
- a little slower than allegro.
- a little faster than andante.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A
tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at amoderate tempo - noun music A passage having this mark
- adverb music played in this style
- adjective music describing a passage having this mark
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of tempo) moderate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[Here, Wagner illustrates with a 2-bar musical example.] where you have forgotten to mark the tempo as piu moderato, that is almost twice as slow as before, and in the G major passage (before the ensemble in B major), which, in my opinion, was also taken too fast, the rhythmical climax of the second part of the finale being considerably impaired thereby.
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[Here, Wagner illustrates with a 2-bar musical example.] where you have forgotten to mark the tempo as piu moderato, that is almost twice as slow as before, and in the G major passage
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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From there, Here Anonymous tows the line of somber moderato, mixing demure numbers like “Bad Connection” and “Goodbye” with more upbeat fare.
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Multos ibi quina cubita constat longitudine excedere: non expuere: non capitis, aut dentium, aut oculorum vllo dolore affici, rarò aliarum corporis partium: tam moderato Solis vapore durari.
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Multos ibi quina cubita constat longitudine excedere: non expuere: non capitis, aut dentium, aut oculorum vllo dolore affici, rar� aliarum corporis partium: tam moderato Solis vapore durari.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The first forty-five and a half bars are for the orchestra, allegro moderato e grazioso.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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Revised and edited for two or four part chorus by N.A. M. A.legro moderato
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A.r. for two of four part chorus by N.A. M. A.dante moderato
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A.apted and arranged for unison, two or four part chorus by N.A. M. A.dante moderato
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Not the least curious section of this piece of early programme music is a _moderato_ recording the various articles of the capitulation.
Charles Dickens and Music James T. Lightwood
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