allegretto
Americanadjective
noun
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allegrettos
plural
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of allegretto
1730–40; < Italian, equivalent to allegr ( o ) allegro + -etto -et
Vocabulary lists containing allegretto
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It’s in the allegretto third movement that No. 8’s Russian colors begin to show.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
Even Elham, her W’s no longer sounding like V’s, and her tempo improved from largo to allegretto, is eventually able to pose a challenge to Omid’s fluency.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
A spiritual, harmonically inventive composition, it climaxes with an allegretto apparently modelled after the African-American "juba" dance once practised on US plantations.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2021
The mood changes and grows humourous, which again is contrasted by the following rather melancholy allegretto.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
This movement, which is strong and energetic in character, is followed by an allegretto based upon a beautiful melody, and to this in turn succeeds an adagio religioso rich in harmony.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
Tripping allegrettos sounded sweeter to the vulgar sense than the old largos of Pope Gregory the Great.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown
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