strepitoso

British  

/ ˈstrɛpɪˈtəʊsəʊ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) boisterously

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Etymology

Origin of strepitoso

Italian, literally; noisily

Example Sentences

A phrase that steals in, just audibly—no more, in the most strepitoso passage of the stormy second movement—a movement, however, in which the proceedings of the Divorce Court are scarcely more audible, pianissimo legato, a chorus with closed lips, all the stringed instruments sordini.

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Let us touch ever so lightly on her three children, Poco, Confuoco, and Strepitoso.

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Those who in private have enjoyed the pleasure of hearing—or, to use a more accurate epithet, of seeing—Strepitoso, that friend of mankind, play the piano, will understand what we mean when we speak of treating the piano as if it were an orchestra.

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Every instrument has its limitations, but Strepitoso will tolerate no such theory.

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Now, Thalberg's manner is different from Strepitoso's.

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