non troppo

American  

[non trop-oh, troh-poh, nohn troh-poh, nawn trawp-paw] / nɒn ˈtrɒp oʊ, ˈtroʊ poʊ, noʊn ˈtroʊ poʊ, nɔn ˈtrɔp pɔ /

adverb

Music.

1. not too much.

   allegro non troppo.

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non troppo British  

/ ˈnɒn ˈtrɒpəʊ /

adverb

1. music (preceded by a musical direction, esp a tempo marking) not to be observed too strictly (esp in the phrases allegro ma non troppo, adagio ma non troppo )

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Etymology

Origin of non troppo

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1850–55

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

non troppo

Second phase, well, you might call it al legro ma non troppo and pretty nervy .

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Allegro non troppo after the trill, we find a variant of the first theme for the 'cellos and basses in F-sharp major, e.g.,

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

In the Finale, Allegro non troppo, we are really clear, at the outset, of the toils of musing melancholy.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Philip H. Goepp

Thus, largo, ma non troppo means that the composition is to be taken slowly, but not too slowly.

From Essentials in Conducting by Karl Wilson Gehrkens

In measure 29, allegro non troppo, we begin with a presentation of the motive in the usual first-movement mood.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding

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