vivace

American  

[vi-vah-chey, vee-vah-che] / vɪˈvɑ tʃeɪ, viˈvɑ tʃɛ /

adverb

1. (a musical direction) vivacious; lively.

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vivace British  

/ vɪˈvɑːtʃɪ /

adjective

1. music to be performed in a brisk lively manner

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Etymology

Origin of vivace

1675–85; < Italian < Latin vīvāc-, stem of vīvāx, long-lived, lively; vivacity

Example Sentences

Pair that with a vivace salad, with sliced strawberries, Bulgarian feta and a sprinkling of paprika, and you have my kind of balanced meal: something light and refreshing, something rich and rewarding, everything delicious.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021

The first conjures a proud princess in icy isolation, not unlike the swan in “Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

Consider the sonnet “Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui,” whose first version probably dates from the late eighteen-sixties, when Mallarmé was in his mid-twenties.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

A delicate Pastorale precedes the gracefully balletic Allegro vivace, which features a canon for solo trumpet.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2010

As is usual with this composer's later work, there is no overture, the curtain rising on the interior of the Garter Inn at the fourth bar of an allegro vivace.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher