con fuoco
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of con fuoco
< Italian: literally, with fire
Example Sentences
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Unusual in its structure, the striking piece begins with a fiery and highly rhythmic presto con fuoco, a notation directing the musicians to play “fast, with passion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2022
Those qualities are matched, though in an earlier harmonic accent, in the Mendelssohn Octet, represented here by a lively, seat-of-the-pants reading of the opening Allegro moderato con fuoco movement.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2011
But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, To embrace you thus, con fuoco, Would distinctly be no giuoco, And for yam I should get toko— BOTH.
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
The work opens with a slave dance, allegro con fuoco, and is marked double pianissimo.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
Presto con fuoco Chopin marks the second section.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
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