affettuoso

American  

[uh-fech-oo-oh-soh, ahf-fet-twaw-zaw] / əˌfɛtʃ uˈoʊ soʊ, ˌɑf fɛtˈtwɔ zɔ /

adjective

1. with affection and tenderness (a musical direction).

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noun

plural

affettuosos

1. a composition or movement of gentle, tender character.

affettuoso British  

/ æˌfɛtʃuːˈəʊsəʊ /

adjective

1. music with feeling

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Etymology

Origin of affettuoso

1715–25; < Italian: affecting, moving < Latin affectuōsus, equivalent to affectu ( s ) affect ¹ + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

After a short appearance of the affettuoso theme the movement finishes triumphantly on the third theme in a great blaze of music.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

Nor is the annoyance they give diminished when the chimer, instead of ringing such changes as are suited to bells, will insist upon playing affettuoso.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various

Its possessor had watched with interest his progress, interrupted with entanglements, and had listened to the music of his march, the canine fantasia, staccato, affettuoso!

From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart

Ditto, for discovering a lost babby—a simply affettuoso strain, in a minor key.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 by Various

The prelude to Act ii. is called "Ophelia," and is quite conventionally affettuoso.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher