stretta

American  

[stret-uh] / ˈstrɛt ə /

noun

Music.

plural

strette, strettas

1. a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.

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Etymology

Origin of stretta

1875–80; < Italian; feminine of stretto

Example Sentences

Competitors include the Stretta system made by Mederi Therapeutics that uses radiofrequency energy to remodel muscles in the digestive system.

From Reuters

Another flank movement of the "ewig Weibliche," this time in the seductive key of B major, made mock of by the strong man of music who, in the stretta quasi presto, views his early disorder with grim and contrapuntal glee.

From Project Gutenberg

To the former had originally belonged the drinking chorus, the burlesque proclamation of the Baron, and the duet "Un soave non so ch�;" to the latter the duet "Zitti zitti," the sestet and the stretta of the finale.

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Tu sola tu sei la Speranza Che tenni qua stretta sul cor.

From Project Gutenberg

When a fatal conflict occurred on the Strada Stretta, a cross painted or cut upon the house front nearest to the spot ever after indicated the event.

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