allegretto
adjective
light, graceful, and moderately fast in tempo.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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