appassionato
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of appassionato
Example Sentences
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But Berg had the last word with his Allegro appassionato, seeming to make explicit the pervasive yearning of Schubert and take its Romantic sentiment to a breaking point.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023
She maintains her common touch but it takes an appassionato of things Roman like me to nod along when Beard complains, of another interpreter: “He reaches too easily for that over-used term apotropaic.”
From Washington Post
"What are you doing here?" roared the conductor, appassionato.
From Time Magazine Archive
While she was speaking he thought of the andante appassionato comparison.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry
Now it sings in a strong unison of the strings largamente ed appassionato, and with clang of chord in lower brass.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
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