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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Non tanto allegro, or non troppo allegro—not too fast.

From Music Notation and Terminology by Gehrkens, Karl Wilson

It is divided into four movements: Allegro brillante; In moda d'una Marcia; Scherzo; and Allegro ma non troppo.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

Right out of the festival, rather in full festal array, we seem to plunge into the broad movement of the surging sea, Allegro non troppo e maestoso, straight on to the fateful event.

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

They played him a sonata—let me see!“Medulla oblongata”—key of G.Then they began to singThat extremely lovely thing,Scherzando! ma non troppo, ppp.”

From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir