stretto

[ stret-oh ]

noun,plural stret·ti [stret-ee], /ˈstrɛt i/, stret·tos.Music.
  1. the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.

Origin of stretto

1
1745–55; <Italian: literally, narrow <Latin strictus.See strict, strait

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stretto

/ (ˈstrɛtəʊ) /


nounplural -tos or -ti (-tiː)
  1. (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

  2. Also called: stretta (ˈstrɛtə) a concluding passage in a composition, played at a faster speed than the earlier material

Origin of stretto

1
C17: from Italian, from Latin strictus tightly bound; see strict

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