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allegro

[ uh-ley-groh, uh-leg-roh; Italian ahl-le-graw ]

adjective

  1. brisk or rapid in tempo.


noun

, plural al·le·gros.
  1. an allegro movement.

allegro

/ -ˈlɛɡ-; əˈleɪɡrəʊ /

adjective

  1. (to be performed) quickly, in a brisk lively manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a piece or passage to be performed in this manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

allegro

  1. A brisk, lively musical tempo . Allegro is Italian for “cheerful.”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of allegro1

1625–35; < Italian < Latin alacer brisk. alacrity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of allegro1

C17: from Italian: cheerful, from Latin alacer brisk, lively
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Example Sentences

Gasping for air like I just completed a grand allegro combination.

They brought dynamic agility to the opening allegro of No. 8 — Watkins’s cello sneaking up and pouncing into fizzy bursts of violin.

Each ballet spills over with energetic steps, but old as it is, “The Dream,” with more fluidity in its ever-whirling, fleet-footed petite allegro, remains the more modern of the two.

The opening allegro found him moving the orchestra from state to state: here liquid, there solid as stone.

Or at least the “molto allegro” style with which this composer is often associated.

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