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stretta

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[stret-uh] / ˈstrɛt ə /

noun

Music.
  • strette,
    plural
  • strettas
    plural
  1. a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.


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Etymology

Origin of stretta

1875–80; < Italian; feminine of stretto


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And with the discretion of rare breeding she carries into the haunts of vice and miserable intrigue the Italian byword: Orecchie spalancate, e bocca stretta.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

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