Lexic.us

Definition of Allegro

1. Noun. A brisk and lively tempo.

2. Adverb. In a quick and lively tempo. "Play this section allegro"

3. Adjective. (of tempo) fast.

4. Noun. A musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner.

Definition of Allegro

1. a. Brisk, lively.

Definition of Allegro

1. Noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto ¹

2. Noun. (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast. ¹

3. Noun. (music) A passage having this mark ¹

4. Adverb. (music) played in a quick, lively tempo ¹

5. Adjective. (music) describing a passage having this mark ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allegro

1. a musical passage played in rapid tempo [n -GROS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allegro

allegorising allegorist allegorists allegorization allegorizations allegorize allegorized allegorizer allegorizers allegorizes

allegorizing allegory allegretto allegrettos allegrissimo allegro (current term) allegro con spirito allegro ma non troppo allegro non troppo allegros

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Literary usage of Allegro

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

1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"Quintet for clarinet and string-quartet; Bb. allegro; Fantasía Adagio ; Menuetto ... Second concerto for clarinet | Eb. allegro; Romanze t Alia Polices. ..."

2. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"Faster than allegro. allegro con spirito — an allegro performed with spirit. allegro con moto — faster than allegro. allegro di bravura — an allegro ..."

3. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"allegro con moltissimo moto (äl-lä'grö kön möl-tes'si-mö ... allegro con moto, // Quick, with more than the usual degree of movement. ..."

4. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"79, first movement; similar, but more obviously Miniature Sonata-allegro form. — Sonata, op. ... Presto agitato in g minor (concise Sonata-allegro form). ..."

5. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"Somewhat cheerful, but not so quick as allegro. Allegretto Scherzando. ... allegro con Moto. (Ita.) Quick, with more than the usual degree of movement. ..."

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