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
Boris smiled and wiped away the perspiration from his bulging forehead, for the third movement of the sonata, marked in the score Allegro con fuoco, had taxed even the technic of its composer.
From Elkan Lubliner, American by Glass, Montague
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)
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