Definition of Con brio

1. Adjective. With liveliness or spirit.

Category relationships: Music
Similar to: Spirited

2. Adverb. With liveliness or spirit. "Allegro con brio"
Category relationships: Music

Definition of Con brio

1. Adverb. (music) with spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Con Brio

comultiplications
comune
comunication
comus
comuses
comœdic
comœdie
comœdies
comœdy
con
con-
con-artist
con-sensual
con artist
con artists
con brio (current term)
con crud
con game
con games
con man
con men
con moto
con sord
con sordini
con sordino
con woman
con women
conacaste
conacre
conacred

Literary usage of Con brio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"... Op. 13 BEETHOVEN FIRST MOVEMENT—"GRAVE" AND "Moi/ro ALLEGRO E con brio" The pathetic mood is usually associated with the minor key. ..."

2. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse, Including a Short by Paul Sobolewski (1881)
"Allegro con brio. Op. 67. * The following poem was written on the one hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's birth, which was celebrated with great solemnity ..."

3. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"con brio (It.) (kon iree-o.) With life; spirit ; brilliancy. con brio ed animate (It.) (kon trie-o ed ап-ё-жа-to.) With brilliancy and animation. ..."

4. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"(Ля.) Capriciously ; at the fancy of the composer or player. Con Bravura. ( Ita.) With bravery ; with boldness. con brio. (Па.) With brilliancy and spirit. ..."

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