stretto
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
Origin of stretto
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How to use stretto in a sentence
The first and last quartet end with a thoroughly worked-out fugue, complete with stretto and inversions.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Otto JahnThe chief feature in this brilliant passage is a piling up of the theme in stretto form (see measures 148-153).
Music: An Art and a Language | Walter Raymond SpaldingA stretto is a net, and if one is not constantly on the watch, he is caught in its meshes.
An American Girl in Munich | Mabel W. DanielsOne of its rules was that every fugue should have a stretto.
The middle-section, the stretto-work, and the powerful ending, give the fugue the right to exist.
Contemporary American Composers | Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for stretto
/ (ˈstrɛtəʊ) /
(in a fugue) the close overlapping of two parts or voices, the second one entering before the first has completed its statement of the subject
Also called: stretta (ˈstrɛtə) a concluding passage in a composition, played at a faster speed than the earlier material
Origin of stretto
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