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Definition of Ritenuto
1. Adjective. Gradually decreasing in tempo.
Definition of Ritenuto
1. a. Held back; holding back; ritardando.
Definition of Ritenuto
1. Adjective. (music) (of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower, held back at a slower rate of pace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ritenuto
1. a restrained musical passage [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ritenuto
Literary usage of Ritenuto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Storia Della Guerre Civili Di Francia by Enrico Caterino Davila (1801)
"... imputato di aver avuto intelligenza con gli Ugonotti, per rivoltare quella
città a'principi malcontenti ; e di ordine del re fu ritenuto prigione in ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"This is one of the very rare instances of the use of the word ritenuto by Beethoven.
The conclusion from it is confirmed by a passage in Chopin's Rondo, op. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"2 as an abbreviation of ritenuto, and is often so used, though more frequently for
... In view of the difference in meaning between ritenuto and Ritardando, ..."
4. The Musiclover's Handbook: Containing (1) a Pronouncing Dictionary of by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"Rallentando and ritenuto, although both mean to "get slower,' differ somewhat in
the manner of using them : Rallentando being used at the end of a piece ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"This is one of the very rare instances of the use of the word ritenuto by ...
The direction over the first two bars ¡s 'poco ritenuto' and over the last two ..."
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