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Berlioz' Fantastic Symphony suffered similarly: the fragrant resonances, the languid rubatos and the snarling brasses were there, but the fantasy was hard to find.

From Time Magazine Archive

On this theme Saroyan has composed the freest of fantasias, introducing rumbling chords of social protest, screwy dissonances, gaudy trills, touching pianissimos, mushy rubatos.

From Time Magazine Archive

The phrases are separated by frequent "rests," the "moderatos" have developed into "largos;" the "rubatos" are exaggerated, and finally this sweet-voiced boatswain falls asleep.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

He sustains the climaxes and indulges in sentimental "rubatos," all of which is a touch of naturalness skilfully introduced by the composer.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

I constantly forced my accelerandos and rubatos upon the soloist, often throwing the duet entirely out of gear.

From The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by Johnson, James Weldon