con fuoco

American  

[kon fwaw-koh, foo-aw-, kohn, kawn foo-aw-kaw] / kɒn ˈfwɔ koʊ, fuˈɔ-, koʊn, kɔn fuˈɔ kɔ /

adverb

1. with great vigor and speed (used as a musical direction).

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con fuoco British  

/ kɒn fuːˈəʊkəʊ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) in a fiery manner

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Etymology

Origin of con fuoco

< Italian: literally, with fire

Example Sentences

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

Allegro moderato, moderately quick; allegro maestoso, quick but with dignity; allegro assai and allegro molto, very quick; allegro con brio or con fuoco, with fire and energy; allegrissimo, with the utmost rapidity.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

After some impassioned development, the music leads quietly into an Allegro con fuoco.

From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.

The cantata begins with an overture in two movements, an allegro con fuoco and an allegro vivace, which describes in vivid tone-colors the passing of the season from winter to spring.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)